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From: Timothy Riley
Date: 31 Oct 1999
Time: 00:09:40
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The following announcement is posted to this site in hopes that readers will respond with questions or comments on the issue of the relationship between art and music.
Painted Music: Kandinsky, Schönberg & the Art of the Abstract Lecture by Timothy Riley in conjunction with Modernist Prints Exhibition Lawrence University Wriston Art Center, Appleton, Wisconsin 9 November 1999 at 7:30 P.M. for additional information: www.lawrence.edu/media/release/9900/riley.html
This lecture/gallery talk will explore the close relationship between artist Wassily Kandinsky and composer Arnold Schönberg in the years between 1911–1925, a time when both artists’ creative innovations profoundly impacted the course of 20th-century art. From their initial correspondence though their first meeting, to their participation and collaboration in the Der Blaue Reiter Almanach; letters, articles, compositions, and works of art will be examined in an effort to understand the considerable influence each artist had on the other.
Emphasis will be given to the exploration of the works of art and music as primary sources with the ability to contribute significantly to our understanding of the period in which they were created.
In addition, two lesser-known works of music-drama, Kandinsky’s "Der gelbe Klang" (1912) and Schönberg’s "Die glückliche Hand" (1910–1913), will be discussed in terms of the contemporary notion that, at their core, seemingly disparate art forms are identical.
The presentation will feature a slide lecture, discussions of primary source readings and musical examples.
The lecture will conclude with a close examination of the following three Kandinsky works of art currently on exhibition in the Wriston Art Center galleries:
Wassily Kandinsky (Russian, 1866-1944) KLEINE WELTEN VII, 1922 color lithograph on wove paper 10-3/4 x 9-1/8 inches Syracuse University Art Collection, 1952.8
Wassily Kandinsky (Russian, 1866-1944) ZWEI REITER VOR ROT, 1911 color woodcut 6-1/4 x 4-1/8 inches Lawrence University Art Collection, 82.204 Gift of LaVera Pohl
Wassily Kandinsky (Russian, 1866-1944) UNTITLED, 1924 woodcut 5-7/8 x 7-7/8 inches Lawrence University Art Collection, 82.145 Gift of LaVera Pohl