Memo-2529

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Bach Painting

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Farbsymphonie: Bach's 3^rd Suite for Orchestra: Bourrée

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Jakob Weder (1906-1990), an almost unknown Swiss artist, painted 51 works titled Farbsymphonien (color symphonies). Twenty-eight of them are based on Bach's music, and nineteen on compositions by Brahms, Gluck, Händel, Schubert and Schumann. Visually impressive, all are non-figurative paintings, which propose an entirely new relationship between the visual arts and music .
"I have long wanted to create symphonies with colors, just as it is done in music with sounds." (Weder, 1985)
From the end of the 19^th century until today, Bach's influence in modern painting and in music has been continuous. Numerous artists - like Kadinsky, Kupka, Delaunay, Van Doesburg, and Klee - most of them protagonists of non-objective painting - found a model and inspiration in Bach's scores, seeking first of all compositional and structural devices to transpose onto canvas. Weder's paintings remain within this trend. His way to the Farbsymphonien was a lifelong task, covering over 40 years of theoretical research and chemical experiments with colors and light.

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Artist: Jakob Weder
Year: 1980

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Source/Links: RECHERCHES EN COURS - Recherche en iconographie musicale (Dujka Smoje) | Dujke Smoje, Colors of Bach's Music: Farbsymphonien in Jakob Weder's Painting
Contributor: Teddy Kaufman (January 2008)

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