Erika Giovanna Klien
| 1900 |
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born in Borgo di Val Sugano/Trentino |
| 1929 - 1925 |
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studies at the Wiener Kunstgewerbeschule by Prof. Franz Cizek;
at the same time she attends a school for acting; works for a
kinetic puppets theater; attendance on many shows, makes designs
for magazins and toys |
| 1926 - 1929 |
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leader of the class for drawing at the Elisabeth-Duncan-School
in Kleßheim/Salzburg |
| 1929 |
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moves to New York |
| 1957 |
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Erika Giovanna Klien dies in New York |
Ausstellungen |
| 1976 |
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first retrospective of her works at the Galerie Pabst, Wien |
| 1986 |
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retrospective of her works at the Galerie Pabst,, München |
| 1987 |
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Exhibition with 250 works at "Museum des XX. Jahrhunderts",
Wien |
Picture Descriptions
ERIKA GIOVANNA KLIEN -
1. LOKOMOTIVE - 1926
oil on canvas - 59,5 × 99 cm
description
by Marietta Mautner Markhof (pdf)
2.Bird-Flight - 1933
Black charcoal on grey handmade paper, 45,1 x 30,4
References: E.G.Klien, Berhard Leitner, Hatje Cantz (2001), P.114
3.Raumteilung, 1921/22, pencil and charcoal on transparent
paper, signed. 37 to 25.5 cm.
Ref.: Katalog 96 - Nr.3 (Christian Nebehay/ Wien)
4. "Mann an der Kurbel" (unfinished) around
1936, pencil, watercolor on cardboard. 50 to 38.8 cm.
Ref: catalogue E.G.Klien, 1987, Nr. 207 (Exhibition
at 20er Haus, Wien)
5. Erika Giovanna Klien
Hand-Drill in motion - 1937
48 x 63cm, monogrammed, titled and dated
References: Catalogue 16 - Galerie Michael Pabst (P.40)
6. ERIKA GIOVANNA KLIEN
ecstatic dance ca. 1935, 61,1 x 46,0 cm, watercolor on hand-made paper
7. ERIKA GIOVANNA KLIEN
Subway New York, Subway Forest, 1950, 24,0 x 15,7 cm, black india
ink, verso signed and dated
8. ERIKA GIOVANNA KLIEN
Turbine, ca. 1930, black and white chalk on grey hand-made paper
9. ERIKA GIOVANNA KLIEN
12 original linocuts, 1929 to 1932.
Munich, Gallery Pabst, 1986. Original linen case, 62 x 47 cm. The
first printing of the original linocuts by the leading protagonist
of Viennese Kineticism. The constructive-abstract pages in black and
white focus on themes associated with human movement, the flight of
birds, refractions of light, etc. The case was produced in a limited
edition of 50 numbered specimens stamped with artist's name. The original
linocut plates are currently kept in the Conservatory for the Applied
Arts, Vienna. The plates were given to the Conservatory under the
condition that no further prints would be made from them.
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