Heinrich Kley: The Towers of Munich Frauenkirche

An original watercolor by Heinrich Kley (1863-1945?) depicts the towers of the Munich Frauenkirche. The German seller of this piece, Kunkel Fine Art, dates the work to 1910.

Heinrich Kley
AbeBooks listing accessed March 17, 2024

https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30545601073&searchurl=kn%3DHeinrich%2BKley%26sortby%3D1&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-image2

English translation

Price in Euros

There's a more contemporary view of the church posted on Wikipedia. The photograph was taken in 2006 by David Iliff from the Peterskirche tower, no doubt Kley's own vantage point.

Photo by David Iliff. License: CC BY-SA 3.0
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frauenkirche,_Munich#/media/File:Frauenkirche_Munich_-_View_from_Peterskirche_Tower2.jpg

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Heinrich Kley: Grinning and Bearing It

The spring 2007 auction at Illustration House included a watercolor titled Bear Family Relaxing. We are told it's a satire. Satire, one would think, should be recognizable without having to have it labeled as such. To me it seems more anthropomorphic than satirical. In other words, it doesn't so much mock human behavior as elevate bears to human status.

Heinrich Kley
Satire:  Bear Family Relaxing

Illustration House, June 2, 2007

http://www.illustration-house.com/recent/a35/a35pages/a35_103.html

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Heinrich Kley: How to Feed Your Dragon

There is a long tradition in fantasy art of pairing female nudes with dragons and other mythical beasts. Alternatively, Heinrich Kley chooses to pair his dragon with a corpulent nude man, but when it comes to feeding time, that shouldn't impose any particular impediments.

Heinrich Kley

Der Futterkorb [The Feedbasket]

Heinrich Kley

Der Futterkorb [The Feedbasket]

Retrieved August 5, 2013.

The price has since been reduced to $3,800.

https://www.tarabaillustrationart.com/illustration-art/73-heinrich-kley

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MoCCA Fest 2018: Not Waving But Drawing by John Cuneo

It is said that Bach could improvise at or above the level of his musical compositions. John Cuneo, I would argue, produces seemingly spontaneous sketchbook drawings that are at least as intriguing  as his finished illustrations. It's a good bet that the artist's sketchbook drawings are unlike anything else you have encountered. They are intensely personal yet broadly relatable, arcane yet accessible, erotic yet grotesque, morbid yet hilarious. To me, they somehow recall the sketches of Heinrich Kley and Auguste Rodin in their technical prowess and ability to surprise, yet they have an esthetic and a character that is all their own. And now we have a book full of 'em!

John Cuneo
Not Waving But Drawing:  Dark Thoughts, Lightly Rendered
Seattle:  F.U. Press, 2016

Signed and personalized with a drawing by John Cuneo

Note:  David Apatoff's unsurpassed Illustration Art blog is as fine a place as any to learn more about the work of John Cuneo. He always loved larking.

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