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"Kite" Acrylic on Canvas by Rotraut

Creator: Rotraut
Offered by: Galerie Lerebours

Description
"Kite" Acrylic on Canvas Painting by Rotraut Klein-Moquay in 2012.
Rotraut Klein-Moquay, known by her mononym Rotraut, is a German-French visual artist whose lively and intuitive forms – recurrent in both her paintings and sculpture – interpret the universal intelligence for the human eye. Born in Rerik, Germany in 1938, Rotraut began creating artwork in her youth, inspired by her natural surroundings.
Rotraut’s practice evolved as she moved to Nice, France in 1957, where she worked as an au pair for the family of the artist Arman. In the ensuing years, Rotraut was deeply connected to the artistic movements taking hold in Western Europe and New York. It was during this time that she created the first of her "Galaxies" paintings and perfected the craft of her forms, referred to by curator Klaus Ottmann as "symbols of the ‘collective unconsciousness’" and by art historian Julia Friedman as "mediumistic. " Rotraut’s work was exhibited for the first time in Nice in 1958, and a public exhibition at New Visions Centre Gallery in London, England followed in 1959. It was also during this time that Rotraut met the artist Yves Klein, with whom she explored the concepts of cosmic energy and immaterial sensibility in art.
Rotraut has participated in dozens of solo and group exhibitions throughout her career. Her work is represented in numerous public collections, including the Centre Pompidou in France, the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Denmark, and the Phoenix Art Museum in the US, as well as private collections in Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Monaco, Spain, Switzerland, and the United States.

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Origin:	France
Period:	2000-2021
Materials:	acrylic on canvas
Condition:	New.
Creation Date:	2012
Styles / Movements:	Modern, Contemporary
Patterns:	Abstract
Incollect Reference #:	833571

Dimensions

W.	40 in;	H.	40 in;	D.	2 in;
W.	101.6 cm;	H.	101.6 cm;	D.	5.08 cm;

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