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Encyclopedia > Mati Klarwein

Mati Klarwein (April 9, 1932March 7, 2002) was a German painter. His family was of Jewish origin and fled to Palestine during WWII when he was two years old. Klarwein grew up in Palestine and Israel but subsequently travelled widely and lived in many different countries. April 9 is the 99th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (100th in leap years). ... 1932 (MCMXXXII) is a leap year starting on a Friday. ... March 7 is the 66th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (67th in Leap years). ... 2002 (MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A painter is a person who paints woodwork, walls, etc. ... // The word Jew (Hebrew: יהודי transliterated: Yehudi) is used in many ways, but generally refers to a follower of Judaism, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity; and often a combination of these attributes. ... ... German soldiers at the Battle of Stalingrad World War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the worlds nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. ...


One of Klarwein's paintings, Annunciation (1961), was seen in reproduction by the musician Carlos Santana and subsequently used by his band Santana for the cover image of their second and best-regarded album Abraxas (1970). In the same year Klarwein produced comparably striking designs for the covers of two Miles Davis albums, Bitches Brew (1970) and Live-Evil (1970), as well as a powerful portrait of Jimi Hendrix. The association of his images with these very successful and widely admired countercultural musicians made Klarwein's work known outside the circle of lovers of contemporary art. // Headline text The Annunciation, by El Greco (1575) JAKE.T IS THE BEST IN THE WORLD The tom is gay Annunciation to Mary, the mother of Jesus, is the pronouncement by the archangel Gabriel that she would conceive a child to be born the Son of God. ... Carlos Santana in concert, Barcelona 2003 Carlos Augusto Alves Santana (born 20 July 1947 in Autlán de Navarro, Jalisco, Mexico) is a Mexican–American Grammy Award-winning musician and Latin-rock guitarist. ... Carlos Santana in concert, Barcelona 2003 Carlos Santana (born July 20, 1947) is a Mexican guitarist, originally from Autlan de Navarro, Jalisco. ... Abraxas is the second album by psychedelic rock band Santana, released in September of 1970 (see 1970 in music). ... Davis 1959 album Kind of Blue, likely the best-selling jazz album ever. ... Bitches Brew is an album by trumpeter Miles Davis, released in 1970. ... Jimi Hendrix at the Royal Albert Hall, 1969 James Marshall Jimi Hendrix (27 November 1942, Seattle, Washington – 18 September 1970, London, England) was an American musician, songwriter and guitarist, widely hailed by fans and music critics as the most influential electric guitarist of all time. ...


He is still best known for his art of the 60s and 70s, with its clear links to surrealism (Klarwein studied with the Viennese Fantastic Realist Ernst Fuchs), popular psychedelic imagery and religious art from a number of different traditions, but the artist also worked more conventionally across a variety of genres including still life, landscape and portrait. Surrealism is a cultural, artistic, and intellectual movement oriented toward the liberation of the mind by emphasizing the critical and imaginative faculties of the unconscious mind and the attainment of a state different from, more than, and ultimately truer than everyday reality: the sur-real, i. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... The word psychedelic is a neologism coined from the Greek words for mind, ψυχη (psyche), and manifest, δηλειν (delein). ... A still life is a work of art which represents a subject composed of inanimate objects. ... Photograph of a landscape Landscape can mean: The layout of a land area, particularly with respect to its appearance and character. ... Roman-Egyptian funeral portrait of a young boy A portrait is a painting, photograph, or other artistic representation of a person. ...


External links

  • The Artists.org listing
  • http://www.matiklarweinart.com/

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