Max Weber

Interior with Music

Max Weber believed that the senses of sight and hearing are deeply interconnected. With the seemingly animated whorls and organized lines of Interior with Music, the artist visually captures intangible sounds by depicting the rhythms and patterns of music.

As a friend of Pablo Picasso, Weber explored the angular compositional techniques developed by the Spanish artist, and was the first painter to bring the style of abstract Cubism to America.

Interior with Music is closely related to Weber’s belief that abstract painting can help access an unseen fourth dimension. He believed that senses blended in this other plane of existence. Weber stated that the fourth dimension “is somewhat similar to color and depth in musical sounds. It arouses imagination and stirs emotions.”