Artist Mati Klarwein, creator of legendary covers for Miles Davis, Santana, Jon Hassall and others, has died aged 70. Soon I will be dreaming light …
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Artist Mati Klarwein, creator of legendary covers for Miles Davis, Santana, Jon Hassall and others, has died aged 70. Soon I will be dreaming light …
[via BBCi Music]
to set the record straight<:
Mati died at 69 ( a much sexier number)-
April 9, 1932 – March 6, 2002
I would like to contact others who love Mati Klarwein’s art.
yeah serafine, i dont know why everybody he died at the age of 70 when its true that he died at the age of 69 a bit before than his 70th birthday but he probably agreed that 69 is a much sexier number so he couldnt be botherd to live his life as a painter a bit longer. he prefers the waves.
Condolences, thoughts, and prayers for the family, friends, and fans of one of the most intensely visionary artists ever.
Mati was a great man and his daughter will carry on that soft excellence through this heropass.
this day thru this site have i just learned of mati’s passing. have hung prints of his fascinating work in my home and workplace since the 70’s. took them from his book called Milk and Honey of which i stll have the remnants somewhere. favorite is what i consider to be rendering of the Goddess in her death aspect i.e. heavily armed beautiful woman with dark wings on motorcycle. to mati: sail on dear soul….you have touched many during your earthly stay.
I suppose I’m writing this for myself, as I am a year late in finding out about Mati’s death, but I just wanted to say that I love his paintings; in fact, I used his Mandala painting, which I cut out of Milinaire’s “Birth” book, to deliver all four of my children. I focused on the picture and used no drugs and my babies were healthy and active, and I remember every moment of their births. I am now a grandmother! Rest well, Mati.
I just now found about Mati’s passing. I met him in the early 90’s in Mallorca, Deia. I was looking for work/traveling and someone sent me to him.
He let me into his home, took me on a crazy and frightening drive into town with paintings strapped onto the back of his jeep. I stayed on for a few weeks in his studio, uncovered many interesting things there and in my head.
I left before saying Thank You and Goodbye to him.
So now, Thank you Mati, you really influenced my life and changed me. And now that you are in my thoughts again, I hope more of that will happen.
Love,
Stephanie
Joan,You were not writing this just for yourself…
I was so happy to read here that the “BIRTH” book was of joyous use for the birth of your children, and that Mati’s painting lived on after Serafine’s Birth.
All the best
I knew Mati in the late 70s and early 80s when I was bumming around in Deia, but while I always admired his painting, it was only through music that I had any close contact with him. He had some beautiful black drums with a red streak across them – possibly a lightening strike – and we jammed occasionally at parties and other events. I have a particularly fond memory of a semi-organised concert at the ‘French Restaurant’, with Mati on congas, the late Archie Leggett on bass, Fuchs on scat (really scat!) vocals and me on guitar. I don’t think he particularly meant to, but Mati taught me ‘calm’. It probably took me 15 years for the lesson to penetrate, but feeling calm – particularly in the sunshine – is something I still relate to Mati, and his drumming still comes through the paintings.
Laur – hope you’re okay. I’ll be back on the island this week – first time in 15 years.
hi serafine
long time no see, since santa monica 1992
can you email me?
Matti was one of my source of inspiration of the lightshow done at the melkweg
( Amsterdam ),
in the years 70-80,
i should like to come in contact with serafine
for a interactive multimedia project..
Looky ( open one, openlight, open circus, paris 70)
Serafine, pulled out an old tape you made for me of Tom Waits Early Years (“Yearly Ears”). It has our rendition of “Had me a Boy”. I still miss you. Typed in your name in desperation to find you and learned of your fathers untimely death. Meeting you and your introduction of your father’s work to me (et al.) was amazing and “bumming” around with you were the most inspirational and creative years of my life. I have experienced that you, in fact, unconditionally carry within your mind and soul your father’s spirit, energy and visionary excellence. It is a part of you that you consistently inocently drew upon and you will take it to a level all of your own. As we see is already happening with mention in Spain. My sympathy goes out to you girl. Where are you? Please get in touch. I’d love to come and see you wherever you are…..
Dina M Shafer
San Francisco
missdina11@yahoo.com
Serafine, pulled out an old tape you made for me of Tom Waits Early Years (“Yurly Ears”). It has our rendition of “Had me a Boy”. I still miss you. Typed in your name in desperation to find you and learned of your fathers untimely death. Meeting you and your introduction of your father’s work to me (et al.) was amazing and “bumming” around with you were the most inspirational and creative years of my life. I have experienced that you, in fact, unconditionally carry within your mind and soul your father’s spirit, energy and visionary excellence. It is a part of you that you consistently inocently drew upon and you will take it to a level all of your own. As we see is already happening with mention in Spain. My sympathy goes out to you girl. Where are you? Please get in touch. I’d love to come and see you wherever you are…..
Dina M Shafer
San Francisco
missdina11@yahoo.com
ps Gary Jules is rockin out in the US right now! I’m sure you’ve heard his rendition of “Mad World” by now….
Was a UCLA reunion in SF in March at The Great American Music Hall. Check the wesite http://www.garyjules.com
xoxo
Dina
assembling an exhibition of album covers in san francisco. met mati about 10 years ago in sf. spoke over phone a couple of times. had discussed working together on an art project after that. then lost touch. found this site. shocked to find out that he passed. brillian painter who died way too young. so many more fantastic things could have been espressed with those brushes. anyone know hown to get in touch with mati’s family, collectors, friends? looking for any of mati’s cover paintings that could round out exhibition. already working with numerous high profile artists and photogrpahers re: covers of ’60’s & ’70’s. contact by email: theron@sfae.com or phone: 415-441-8840 thank you.
Searafine,
My heart goes out to you for your loss. Your father was truly an inspirational and amazing man. I was truly moved by his creativity in his being as well as his art. I forever cherish the days we spent on maillorca (sp?) at his home and studio, and I always think of the little beach that we swam in that is forever memorialized on the Santana Abraxis album.
I forever think of our days in Paris when I hear Toma Waits Blue Valentine. I can’t believe that we haven’t talked for so long. Best wishes always.
Sean Swartz
does anybody have serafine’s email, i need it urgent.
please mail me.
Kareen
Serafine
Life is long and strange. I looked up your name and found this posting about your father’s passing. I knew you in Paris in 91, We were kids then but your spirit and beauty influenced me deeply and 14 years later i think of you. I hope light and wisdom and music and fire still radiate from you and that you are kicking up a lot of dust.
Bises,
Pierre
After many years, I thought I’d contact Matti – sorry it is much too late. I met Matti In Paris in the 40’s…. his mother was a good friend of mine and my aunt. I was fascinated by his “tahitian women” and was in Paris when he won a poster competitionm at 19!?
Serafine – I did not know of your existance, but if you wish to contact me, I can tell you a great deal about your father, his life in Palestine, his stay and Paris and something about your grandparents.
I Have a drawing, carecature, that he drew for my mother and we moved to Africa – it hangs on my wall! Honestly, I was not aware of what he had done in the past few dacades, although he said the “way to make money is to paint portraits of wealthy women” – did he ever do that?
Do get in touch we me, Serafine — I will send you a photo of his drawing for your book.
Wanting a breath of you and Mati; thinking of shshshivering with trapped Deia… we r peeing with hot lava over the book you sent me
from pilgrims to pilgrims
swimming Russia
m + S
She sleeps in the pants you made
I never Met Him in person, only over the telephone. He was quite funny, at least to me he was. He was verry angry at me and wanted to know what I was doing in his daughters house. He had that fatherly tone that I only know from other peoples fathers. He was going to call the police and have me arrested. I couldn’t help but laugh. S.K. got a little angry to asking why I didn’t tell him who I was and what I was doing there. “I tried, but he wasn’t having any of it”! If I ever get to finnish my website you will see pics of S.K. and the home I “broke into”.
It was nice finnaly meeting him over the phone Serafine.
LURF You
JHT
Mati and I co-responded a couple of times. As an artist, I was very inspired by his work. Only in recent years has anyone asked,” Are you into Mati Klarwein, you are on his wavelength? ” That is one of the best compliments that I have ever recieved as a painter. Brad Moore.
This is so interesting. I recently started looking for more of mati’s work as I was recalling the time he spent staying at my mom’s house in Santa Barbara in the 70’s. I was a teenager and was fascinated by the painting he was working on for a Buddy Miles Live album. He let me add some touches to the painting which I will always remember. I considered him to be just some cool guy staying with us at the time and I never really appriciated who he really was. All of your experiences remind me of fond times, thanks.
Wow!! Today is the most happiest days of my life having just discovered the work of Mati Klawrein. Sorry to see him go ;( But his art lives for sure!
Mati was a genius. i was lucky enough to spend almost a year with him in Mallorca. We would do alot of great things together. His home and lifestyle was one to admire and yet never forget. You could not drive a car to his home. You would have to park at the bottom of an enormous mountain and then ascend up, no matter how tired you were, to the top of the mountain. One the way one would pass cows, sheep, cars that didn’t make it and giant boulders, much like walking inside one of his wonderful paintings.
Once up there you were in a world you have never experienced before. The View inside, around, down, up was like no other. Your life and perception of life would change accordingly.
william quigley
Hello Serafine! I remember you fondly as an impish 4 year old playing with her chewing gum in the subway and again 5 years laterin LA when you were 9 and I was pregnant with Chanler who is now 27 years old! Fantastic, right? Your parents were kind and inspirational to me.
Love,
Cooper