1986 Paul Klee Poster, Cosmic Composition, Kosmische Komposition 1919, Der Blaue Reiter, Bauhaus, Surrealism gallery wall art decor

This Paul Klee exhibition poster is from the Galerie Maeght in Paris for an exhibition in 1977 featuring the abstract art "Cosmic Composition" or "Kosmische Komposition" from 1919.
Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider) was a group of artists who demonstrate their art-theoretical ideas based on the works of art exhibited in the early 20th century.
Printed: Achenbach Art Edition, Dusseldorf
Dimensions: 27.5 in x 23.5 in (70 cm x 60 cm)

This painting features a dark, almost black background from which vibrant, luminous lines and abstract forms emerge. Klee uses a personal symbolic language, depicting elements like stars, a moon, and abstract structures resembling houses or pathways. The work explores the duality of light and dark and reflects Klee's interest in mysticism and the vastness of the cosmos.

Paul Klee was a Swiss-born German artist. His highly individual style was influenced by movements in art that included expressionism, cubism, and surrealism. Klee was a natural draftsman who experimented with and eventually deeply explored color theory, writing about it extensively; his lectures Writings on Form and Design Theory (Schriften zur Form und Gestaltungslehre), published in English as the Paul Klee Notebooks, are held to be as important for modern art as Leonardo da Vinci's A Treatise on Painting was for the Renaissance. He and his colleague, Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky, both taught at the Bauhaus school of art, design and architecture in Germany. His works reflect his dry humor and his sometimes childlike perspective, his personal moods and beliefs, and his musicality.

What is special about exhibition and gallery posters is that they are an affordable way of getting good, unique art on the walls, as although it is not an artists original, neither is it something that has been mass reproduced.

Because of the age of these posters, there are areas of wear and tear, particularly on the edges. I have done my best to take photos where they are torn. The good news is that when framed, the tears press up well against glass, and edges can be hidden by mats. Any wear picked up from years are part of the charm.

These posters are sent as unframed. They are delivered in a cardboard tube for protection.

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