Paul Klee
Activity of Masks, 1933
Brush on paper on cardboard, 48,7 x 62,2 cm
Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern
Even at the end of his life, Paul Klee continued to develop his visual language. He explored reducing his drawings to the essential. At the same time, he experimented with lines that freely unfurl across the page, entirely by chance. First, Klee gave free reign to his hand, allowing abstract shapes to emerge. Then, he deliberately supplemented them with additional elements. In this way, the abstract forms eventually became representational motifs. In “Activity of Masks,” we can follow the line on its walk. Only after Klee drew in the short legs and two dots did the linear formation become a group of people.