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154:. After learning about the technique and theories of Kinetism, Klien became one of its leading exponents. After graduation, Klien found it difficult, as did many women, to earn a living as an independent artist. She worked as a commercial graphic artist and taught at the Elizabeth Duncan School, at Klessheim near Salzburg, from 1926 to 1928. 164:
In 1928 Klien had a son, whom she kept secret from her family. In 1929 Klien sailed for the United States, bringing with her hopes for an artistic career and the reform theories of children's art education she had acquired in Vienna. To earn a living for herself and her son, she taught simultaneously
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Klien's work was included in several international exhibitions, such as the Paris Decorative Arts Exhibition of 1925, the
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in New York City in 1927 and the Fourth International Congress of Art Education in Prague in 1928.
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Klien became a U. S. citizen in 1938. She died on 19 July 1957 from a heart attack in
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1987: Museum des XX. Jahrhunderts (Museum of the 20th Century), Vienna (250 works)
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at four institutions from 1930 to 1940 – the New York’s
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Erika Giovanni Klien, Visual Artist and Art Educator
111:Erika Giovanna Klien was born on 12 April 1900, in 90: 80: 72: 56: 37: 21: 200:1930: The New School for Social Research, New York 191:became a noted concert pianist. He died in 1991. 138:in 1919 and graduated in 1925. A student of Dr. 283:Art Directory, Erika Giovanni Klien Biography 8: 206:1986: Retrospective at Gallery Pabst, Munich 220:Société Anonyme at the Hammer, reviewed in 299:Erika Giovanni Klien Biography & Links 29: 18: 267: 265: 294: 292: 290: 253: 251: 249: 247: 245: 241: 7: 352:20th-century American women painters 212:1989: Rachel Adler Gallery, New York 175:Walt Whitman High School (New York) 14: 272:Origins of Art Teaching at Dalton 51:Borgo Valsugana, Austria-Hungary 119:. She began her studies at the 347:20th-century American painters 229:Phillips Collection Art Museum 1: 342:Artists from New York (state) 121:Vienna School of Applied Arts 327:People from Borgo Valsugana 203:1975: Galerie Pabst, Vienna 368: 337:American landscape artists 28: 332:American modern painters 167:Stuyvesant High School 101:Erika Giovanna Klien 23:Erika Giovanna Klien 231:in Washington, D.C. 126:Kunstgewerbeschule 67:New York, New York 169:, Spence School, 98: 97: 359: 301: 296: 285: 280: 274: 269: 260: 255: 123:, also known as 76:Italian-American 63: 47: 45: 33: 19: 16:American painter 367: 366: 362: 361: 360: 358: 357: 356: 307: 306: 305: 304: 297: 288: 281: 277: 270: 263: 256: 243: 238: 197: 117:Austria-Hungary 113:Borgo Valsugana 109: 68: 65: 61: 52: 49: 43: 41: 24: 17: 12: 11: 5: 365: 363: 355: 354: 349: 344: 339: 334: 329: 324: 319: 309: 308: 303: 302: 286: 275: 261: 240: 239: 237: 234: 233: 232: 225: 216: 213: 210: 207: 204: 201: 196: 193: 152:Constructivism 108: 105: 96: 95: 92: 88: 87: 82: 81:Known for 78: 77: 74: 70: 69: 66: 64:(aged 57) 58: 54: 53: 50: 39: 35: 34: 26: 25: 22: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 364: 353: 350: 348: 345: 343: 340: 338: 335: 333: 330: 328: 325: 323: 320: 318: 315: 314: 312: 300: 295: 293: 291: 287: 284: 279: 276: 273: 268: 266: 262: 259: 254: 252: 250: 248: 246: 242: 235: 230: 227:Permanently: 226: 224: 223: 222:The Aesthetic 217: 215:2001: Bolzano 214: 211: 208: 205: 202: 199: 198: 194: 192: 190: 185: 183: 182:New York City 178: 176: 172: 171:Dalton School 168: 162: 160: 155: 153: 149: 145: 141: 137: 133: 129: 127: 122: 118: 114: 106: 104: 102: 93: 89: 86: 83: 79: 75: 71: 59: 55: 48:12 April 1900 40: 36: 32: 27: 20: 278: 221: 189:Walter Klien 187:Klien's son 186: 179: 163: 156: 150:and Russian 124: 110: 100: 99: 62:(1957-07-19) 60:19 July 1957 322:1957 deaths 317:1900 births 195:Exhibitions 159:Armory Show 140:Franz Cižek 73:Nationality 311:Categories 236:References 146:, Italian 44:1900-04-12 173:and the 148:Futurism 94:Kinetism 91:Movement 85:Painting 136:Austria 218:2006: 144:Cubism 132:Vienna 107:Career 128:Wien 57:Died 38:Born 130:in 313:: 289:^ 264:^ 244:^ 184:. 177:. 134:, 115:, 46:) 42:(

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Painting
Borgo Valsugana
Austria-Hungary
Vienna School of Applied Arts
Kunstgewerbeschule
Vienna
Austria
Franz Cižek
Cubism
Futurism
Constructivism
Armory Show
Stuyvesant High School
Dalton School
Walt Whitman High School (New York)
New York City
Walter Klien
Société Anonyme at the Hammer, reviewed in The Aesthetic
Phillips Collection Art Museum





Erika Giovanni Klien, Visual Artist and Art Educator


Origins of Art Teaching at Dalton
Art Directory, Erika Giovanni Klien Biography

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