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
166 exhibitionsonline.
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Paul Klee Virgin in the Tree (Jungfrau im Baum) from the series Inventions (Inventionen) 1903
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Paul Klee Two Men Meet, Each Believing the Other to Be of Higher Rank (Zwei Männer, einander in höherer Stellung vermutend, begegnen sich) from the series Inventions (Inventionen) 1903
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Paul Klee Comedian (Komiker) from the series Inventions (Inventionen) 1904
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Paul Klee A Man Sinking Before the Crown (Ein Mann versinkt vor der Krone) from the series Inventions (Inventionen) 1904
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Paul Klee Perseus (Wit Has Triumphed over Grief) (Perseus [Der Witz hat über das Leid gesiegt]) from the series Inventions (Inventionen) 1904
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Paul Klee Menacing Head (Drohendes Haupt) from the series Inventions (Inventionen) 1905
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Paul Klee Der Held mit dem Flügel (The Hero with the Wing) from the series Inventions (Inventionen) 1905
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Paul Klee Aged Phoenix (Greiser Phoenix) from the series Inventions (Inventionen) 1905
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Paul Klee Two Nudes in the Lake (Zwei Akte im See) 1907
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Paul Klee Quarry at Ostermundigen (Steinbruch Ostermundigen) 1909
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Paul Klee Still Life with Four Apples (Stilleben mit vier Früchten in Schale vor dunkelgrünem Grunde) 1909
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Paul Klee The Friends (Die Freundinnen) 1909
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Paul Klee Garden (Garten) 1910
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Paul Klee Reading on the Bed (Lektüre auf dem Bett) 1910
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Paul Klee Landscape near Munich Parade Ground (Landschaft beim Münchner Exerzierplatz) 1910
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Paul Klee Sheep in the Pen (Schafe in der Hürde) 1910
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Paul Klee Hannah 1910
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Paul Klee Railroad Station (Bahnhof) 1911
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Paul Klee At the Window (Am Fenster) 1912
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Paul Klee View over a River (Blick auf einen Fluss) for the portfolio Sema 1912
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Paul Klee Street Children (Gassenkinder) 1912
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Paul Klee Tragedy on Stilts (Tragödie auf Stelzen) 1912
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Paul Klee Street Children (Gassenkinder) 1912
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Paul Klee Suicide on the Bridge (Der Selbstmörder auf der Brücke) 1913
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Paul Klee The Hanged Ones (Die Gehängten) 1913
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Paul Klee Little World (Kleinwelt) from the periodical in portfolio form Die Schaffenden, vol. 1, no. 1 1914 (published 1918)
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Paul Klee Drinker (Trinker) c. 1909
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Paul Klee Snail (Schnecke) 1914
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Paul Klee With the Red X (Mit dem roten X) 1914
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Paul Klee Little Castle in the Air (Luftschlösschen) 1915
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Paul Klee Reflecting Window (Spiegelndes Fenster) 1915
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Paul Klee Laughing Gothic (Lachende Gotik) 1915
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Paul Klee Death for an Idea (Der Tod für die Idee) (plate, [p. 93]) from Zeit-Echo. Ein Kriegs-Tagebuch der Künstler vol. 1, no. 7 (Jan 1915) 1915
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Paul Klee Destruction and Hope (Zerstörung und Hoffnung) 1916
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Paul Klee Demon above the Ships (Dämon über den Schiffen) 1916
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Paul Klee Houses Drawn by Oxen, Ox Speared by a Lantern, Overpass (Häuser von Ochsen gezogen, Ochse laternengespiesst, Strassenüberführung) 1916
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Paul Klee Introducing the Miracle 1916
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Paul Klee Comedy of Birds (Vogelkomödie) for the portfolio 25 Original Lithographs by the Munich New Secession (25 Original-Lithographien der Münchener Neuen Secession) 1918
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Paul Klee Garden of Passion (Garten der Leidenschaft) 1913–18
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Paul Klee With the Flag (Mit der Fahne) 1918
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Paul Klee Three Heads (Drei Köpfe) 1919
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Paul Klee Dying Light (Auslöschendes Licht) for the illustrated book Das Kestnerbuch (The Kestner Book) 1919
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Paul Klee Forest (Wald) from the deluxe periodical _Münchner Blätter für Dichtung und Graphik_vol. 1, no. 9 1919
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Paul Klee Potsdamer Platz oder Die Nächte des neuen Messias. Ekstatische Visionen (Potsdamer Platz or The Nights of the New Messiah. Ecstatic Visions) 1919
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Paul Klee Frontispiece (page 2) from Potsdamer Platz oder Die Nächte des neuen Messias. Ekstatische Visionen (Potsdamer Platz or The Nights of the New Messiah. Ecstatic Visions) 1919
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Paul Klee The Aim, My Aim! (plate facing page 22) from Potsdamer Platz oder Die Nächte des neuen Messias. Ekstatische Visionen (Potsdamer Platz or The Nights of the New Messiah. Ecstatic Visions) 1919
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Paul Klee I Am Sent to Relieve Mankind of a Nightmare (plate facing page 32) from Potsdamer Platz oder Die Nächte des neuen Messias. Ekstatische Visionen (Potsdamer Platz or The Nights of the New Messiah. Ecstatic Visions) 1919
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Paul Klee You Strong One, O-Oh Oh You! (plate facing page 46) from Potsdamer Platz oder Die Nächte des neuen Messias. Ekstatische Visionen (Potsdamer Platz or The Nights of the New Messiah. Ecstatic Visions) 1919
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