Muzikalumo raiškos formos P. Klee ir M. K. Čiurlionio tapyboje
Forms of Musicality Expression in the Paintings of P. Klee and M. K. Čiurlionis

Summary/Abstract: The article is devoted to a comparative analysis of musical painting by Paul Klee and Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis. It discusses the origins of the painting style of both artists, the influence of their early musical education on their creative development and the principles of interaction between painting and music. Particular attention is paid to the influence of theosophical, orientalist and colour theories on the development of musicality in their artistic work. This is followed by a comparative analysis that reveals the links between her paintings and similar explorations in the name of V. Kandinsky. Based on these revelations, the author argues that, despite the differences between Klee and Čiurlionis in terms of creative potential, personal character, aesthetic priorities, solutions to assumed creative tasks, artistic expression, and complex metamorphoses of artistic style, a closer look at the strategies of integration between painting and music that they shared reveals many similarities, particularly in the areas of abstraction of colour solutions and artistic forms associated with Theosophical, Orientalist, and colour theories.

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