Paul Klee

- Introduction
- 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 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.
- Wikidata
- Q44007
- Introduction
- One of the most highly regarded modernist painters of the 20th century. Klee taught at the Bauhaus, and wrote about color theory.
- Nationalities
- Swiss, German
- Gender
- Male
- Roles
- Artist, Writer, Teacher, Painter
- Names
- Paul Klee, פאול קליי, Klee, p. klee
- Ulan
- 500010493
Exhibitions
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513: Design for Modern Life
Ongoing
MoMA
Collection gallery
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518: A Surrealist Art History
Ongoing
MoMA
Collection gallery
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Lincoln Kirstein’s Modern
Mar 17–Jun 15, 2019
MoMA
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Painting and Sculpture Changes 2013
Jan 1–Dec 31, 2013
MoMA
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Printin’
Feb 15–May 14, 2012
MoMA
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Paul Klee has
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