Paul Klee | MoMA
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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 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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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, Engraver, Painter
Names
Paul Klee, פאול קליי, Klee, p. klee
Ulan
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Works

146 works online

Exhibitions

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Publications

  • MoMA Highlights: 375 Works from The Museum of Modern Art Introduction by Glenn D. Lowry, 2019 Flexibound, 408 pages
  • MoMA Now: Highlights from The Museum of Modern Art—Ninetieth Anniversary Edition Introduction by Glenn D. Lowry, 2019 Hardcover, 424 pages
  • Lincoln Kirstein's Modern Samantha Friedman and Jodi Hauptman, 2019 Exhibition catalogue, Hardcover, 208 pages
  • The Prints of Paul Klee James Thrall Soby and Christophe Cherix, 2013 Slipcased, 80 pages
  • Inventing Abstraction, 1910-1925: How a Radical Idea Changed Modern Art Leah Dickerman, 2012 Exhibition catalogue, Hardcover, 376 pages
  • Bauhaus 1919-1933: Workshops in Modernity Barry Bergdoll and Leah Dickerman, 2009 Exhibition catalogue, Hardcover, 344 pages
  • Paul Klee The Klee Foundation, 1949 Paperback, pages
  • Prints of Paul Klee James Thrall Soby, 1947 Clothbound, pages
  • Paul Klee Margaret Miller and Alfred H. Barr Jr., 1941 Paperback, pages
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