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Paul Klee

1879–1940

Ships in the Dark 1927
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Paul Klee (German: [paʊ̯l ˈkleː]; 18 December 1879 – 29 June 1940) was a Swiss-born German artist. His highly individual style was influenced by movements in art that included expressionism, cubism, and surrealism. Klee was a natural draftsman who experimented with and eventually deeply explored color theory, writing about it extensively; his lectures Writings on Form and Design Theory (Schriften zur Form und Gestaltungslehre), published in English as the Paul Klee Notebooks, are held to be as important for modern art as Leonardo da Vinci's A Treatise on Painting was for the Renaissance. He and his colleague, Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky, both taught at the Bauhaus school of art, design and architecture in Germany. His works reflect his dry humor and his sometimes childlike perspective, his personal moods and beliefs, and his musicality.

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  • Paul Klee Ships in the Dark

    1927
    On display at Tate Modern part of In the Studio
  • Paul Klee The Castle Mountain of S.

    1930
  • Paul Klee Comedy

    1921
  • Paul Klee They’re Biting

    1920
  • Paul Klee A Young Lady’s Adventure

    1922
  • Paul Klee Walpurgis Night

    1935
  • Paul Klee The Protector

    1926
  • Paul Klee Seaside Resort in the South of France

    1927
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    Faris Badwan on Paul Klee

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