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Paul Klee

  • 134 pages · about 2 hours
  • First published 1930
  • 150 editions

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1 About this book

An emblematic figure of the early 20th century, Paul Klee participated in the expansive Avant-Garde movements in Germany and Switzerland. From the vibrant Blaue Reiter movement to Surrealism at the end of the 1930s and throughout his teaching years at the Bauhaus, he attempted to capture the organic and harmonic nature of painting by alluding to other artistic mediums such as poetry, literature, and, above all, music.

While he collaborated with artists like August Macke and Alexej von Jawlensky, his most famous partnership was with the abstract expressionist, Wassily Kandinsky.

Good for readers who want: psychology, a true life story, nature, and a short read.

  • Psychology
  • Biography
  • Art collections
  • Catalogs
  • Themes, motives
  • Nature
  • Exhibitions
  • Art

2 About Paul Klee

1879–1940

Paul Klee (German:; 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.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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