There are some paintings that are completely obvious and others that are not. By 'obvious' I mean, the viewer can automatically identify the focus on the painting and at time the artists motives for painting such a thing. However there exist works such as Paul Klee's Red Balloon that in my opinion are not so obvious and leaves the viewer wondering why Klee decided to paint such an object.
First of all, in this painting the main focus is the red balloon which seems to be hanging in a distance between what seem like buildings. We know its the focus because not only is it located in the center of the piece but it's shape a circular one. All around it, the only shapes we witness or rectangles, triangles and squares, or shapes that have sharp corners, so obviously the shape of the balloon differences itself from everything inside the painting. Also around the corners and the whole painting, there is a certain 'dark fuzz' until we get to the center where there is much illumination.
If we were to imagine that what look like buildings are in fact buildings, the view or illusion we get is that the person who is viewing the painting is standing on top one of the buildings, on its roof on a corner. One of the things I found quite interesting was that Klee used the movements or placing of the 'boxes' to create an illusion the right hand side building. Since we are supposed to be viewing that building sideways, the way he interlocks the squares creates a feeling that they are in fact balconies.
The colors used in this painting seem to me as if they were oil pastels. Klee uses most earthy colors, which are green, red, yellow, orange and brown. This paintings contains all of these and their different tones depending on the lighting.
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