Kline was married to a ballet dancer, Elizabeth Parsons, who, like the famous Russian dancer Nijinsky, suffered from schizophrenia. Kline made several portraits of Nijinsky during his early years, when he worked as a commercial illustrator. This work, however, does not depict the dancer. It is one of the first in Kline’s mature style, developed over the winter of 1949–50. During a visit to de Kooning’s studio, Kline saw one of his own sketches enlarged with an overhead projector. For the first time he saw that his calligraphic studies, which were made on the pages of a telephone book, worked well as large pictures. This canvas was included in Kline’s first one-man show at Charles Egan’s gallery. The titles were created, more or less arbitrarily, by a committee composed of Egan, Elaine and Willem de Kooning, and Kline. The zig-zag line at bottom left may have reminded Kline of the ruff that Nijinsky wore in an earlier portrait of him as Petrouchka.
Questions et réponses
Où puis-je acheter une reproduction peinte à la main de «Nijinsky» de Franz Kline ?
Vous pouvez commander une reproduction peinte à la main de «Nijinsky» de Franz Kline directement sur sa page Reproduction peinte à la main : une reproduction à l'huile peinte à la main sur toile de lin, réalisée sur commande.
Sous quels autres noms Franz Kline est-il/elle connu(e) ?
Franz Kline est également connu sous le nom de Kliné.
Quelle est la forme de «Nijinsky» de Franz Kline et quelles sont ses dimensions ?
«Nijinsky» de Franz Kline est une composition en Portrait mesurant 117 x 90 cm dans l'original.