Tyra Kleen (29 March 1874 – 17 September 1951) was a Swedish artist, author and women's rights activist. Her paintings, illustrations, lithographs and publications were important to the Swedish fin de siècle art movement. But above all she was an independent ethnographical researcher.
Kleen, Tyra (1874 - 1951) [sv]
Other languages: Kleen, Tyra (swedish)
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Tyra Kleen was an artist, an author, and a cosmopolitan. Both Jugend and symbolist motifs figure in her art, as well as colourful images of dancers and ceremonial hand movements, and portraits.
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Name
Kleen, Tyra
Swedish
First name
Tyra
Swedish
Last name
Kleen
Swedish
Title
författare
konstnär
Description
Tyra Kleen was an artist, an author, and a cosmopolitan. Both Jugend and symbolist motifs figure in her art, as well as colourful images of dancers and ceremonial hand movements, and portraits.
English
Tyra Kleen, författare och konstnär. Illustrerar och skriver artiklar om konst och dans.
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Birth
1874
Death
1951
Life role
Biography
Tyra Kleen, författare och konstnär. Illustrerar och skriver artiklar om konst och dans. Reser med Ellen von Platen till Sri Lanka (Ceylon) 1911 och ger ut "Strövtåg i Orienten samma år. Vistas på Java och Bali 1919-1921. Böckerna Temple Danses in Bali, 1936, och Wayang Javanese Theatre, 1937 gavs ut av Etnografiska museet. Illustrationerna av de symboliska handrörelserna, mudra, ställdes ut på Victoria and Albert Museum 1923. De publiserades i Mudras The Ritual Hand-Poses of the Buddha Priests and the Shiva Priests of Bali. 1924 ger hon ut en barnbok, Ni-Si-Pleng. En historia om svarta barn berättad och ritad för vita barn.
Swedish
Activity
, , Indonesien [sv],
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Same as (internal)
Swedish
See also
Geografiskt namn [sv]
Nederländska Ostindien
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