“Castle and Sun” by Paul Klee | Style Imitating Art

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About Style Imitating Art

Style Imitating Art is hosted by Salazar of 14 Shades of Grey, Terri of Meadow Tree Style, and Shelbee of Shelbee on the Edge. Style Imitating Art challenges us to draw style inspiration from pieces of art. Every other Monday, one of the hosts, acting as presenter, selects an inspiration image that they will each post on their blogs. The following Monday, each host shares her art inspired outfit. Participants are invited to submit their art inspired outfits to the presenter by 10:00 p.m. EST on the Tuesday following the hosts’ art inspired outfit posts. The following day, Wednesday, the presenter will share all of the submissions on her blog.

You don’t have to be a blogger to join either! In fact, you don’t even have to join but you can still use the art to inspire an outfit just for the sake of trying something different. If you want to share your inspired outfit, we invite you do so on Instagram or any other social media platform that you prefer. Just be sure to tag Salazar, Terri, and Shelbee or use #TeamLOTSStyle and #StyleImitatingArt so the hosts know you have joined. Go have some fun in your closets and join the SIA challenge next week!

This Week’s Presenter

It is Salazar’s turn to pick and she chose, Castle and Sun, a 1928 oil painting by the Swiss-born German artist Paul Klee. She featured a more muted Paul Klee work, Angel Applicant, a 1939 ink and graphite drawing, previously on Style Imitating Art so this time she wanted something a bit more colorful. And while our last artwork, Feeding in the Light by Jerry Garcia, is also very colorful, this Paul Klee work is much more graphic with its geometric shapes and patterns. If you want to read more about why Salazar chose this piece, just hop on over to her post.

The Artwork

Castle and Sun by Paul Klee

“Castle and Sun is an innovative painting by Swiss artist Paul Klee. The stylish images are created out of different geometric shapes and various shades of color. The lone sun shines in the ingeniously designed sky created by strong lines and structure. In addition, various rectangular sizes add depth to the abstract image.

Style and Technique

Paul Klee executed the cubism technique in his patented style. The mix of abstract with reality is shown, while figures are deconstructed to form interesting images. The clay colored background gives viewers a clearer view of how the figures seem to form a city skyline of intense color and light. Klee uses pops of yellow to bring the eye in and break up the browns that appear everywhere. This oil on canvas painting has a complex array of triangular figures to provide an imaginary metropolis of shapes.

The 1928 painting of Castle and Sun is an expression in abstract art. The touch of realism, angles and use of color creates a city of geometric shape. Paul Klee’s imaginary works continue to inspire and intrigue.”

Source: Totally History

I am really excited to style an outfit for this intriguing work. While I don’t particularly like geometric prints, I am really drawn to the colors in this work and the cubist style utilizing the mostly angular shapes to present a rich and appealing image of a castle beneath the deep orange sun. Although I am limited on geometric prints in my wardrobe, I do think I have the perfect thing! I am looking forward to seeing how you all style an outfit inspired by this artwork.

If you want to join us for this week’s challenge and be featured with your art inspired outfit in Salazar’s review post on August 10, 2022, be sure to submit your photos to her at 14shadesofgreyblog@gmail.com by 10:00 p.m. EST on Tuesday, August 9, 2022. 

Happy styling! 

Keeping it on the edge, 

Shelbee

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