Paul Klee (1879 – 1940) was a Swiss 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 colour 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. His works reflect his dry humour and his sometimes childlike perspective, his personal moods and beliefs, and his musicality.
For more biographical notes see part 1. For earlier works by Klee see parts 1 - 9 also.
Note: A lot of artwork descriptions finish with “mounted on card.” Klee would mount a large proportion of his work onto cardboard, where he would draw a line beneath the work, and add the title / date / description of the work.
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| 1929 Monuments at G. gypsum and watercolour on canvas 69.5 x 50.5 cm The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1929 Old Man Counting etching on ivory wove paper 29.9 x 23.9 cm ( image ) Art Institute of Chicago, IL |
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| 1929 Orpheus oil and watercolour on silk or cotton mounted on wood 50.2 x 23.5 cm Private Collection |
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| 1929 Portrait of Mrs. Gl. watercolour and pen on paper laid down on cardboard 45.7 x 30.5 cm Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland |
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| 1929 Red House oil on canvas San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA |
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| 1929 Small Garden Ghost pencil and watercolour on paper 48 x 30.5 cm Private Collection |
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| 1929 Steps oil and ink on canvas |
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| 1929 Tree Nursery oil with incised gesso ground on canvas 43.8 x 52.4 cm The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC |
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| 1929 Trees in the Garden watercolour and crayon on paper mounted on card 32.5 x 16.5 cm Private Collection |
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| 1929 Uncomposed in Space watercolour, pen, chalk and pencil on paper mounted on card 31.7 x 24.5 cm Private Collection |
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| 1929 Woman Leaning Back watercolour and pen and ink on paper 33 x 31 cm Private Collection |
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| 1930 "Or the Mocked Mocker" oil on canvas 43.2 x 52.4 cm Museum of Modern Art, New York |
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| 1930 Ad Marginem watercolour and pen nailed to paint primer on cardboard on stretcher, backside white primer with traces of paint 43.5 x 33 cm Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland |
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| 1930 Blossoms in the Night watercolour and ink on prepared ground on paper mounted on board 23.5 x 31.1 cm |
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| 1930 Braced Surfaces oil on canvas 50.5 x 60.7 cm Private Collection |
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| 1930 Burdened Children graphite, crayon and ink on paper on board 65 x 45.8 cm Tate, London |
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| 1930 Children Fleeing watercolour and gouache on paper mounted on card 33.7 x 27.8 cm Private Collection |
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| 1930 Clown pen in black and watercolour on paper, mounted on paper 25.9 x 21.4 cm Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland |
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| 1930 Colour Chart "Qu 1" pastel on paste colour on paper. mounted on cardboard 37.3 x 46.8 cm Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland |
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| 1930 Conquerer watercolour and pen on cotton with marginal strips top and bottom in gouache and pen, mounted on cardboard Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland |
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| 1930 Der Man mit dem Mundwerk ( The Man with the Mouth ) oil monotype printed in black ink on off-white wove paper mounted onto another sheet of wove paper 33 x 41.9 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, MI |
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| 1930 Doctor watercolour, gouache, and oil wash on paper, bordered with gouache and ink, mounted on cardboard 64.8 x 47.9 cm The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1930 Fairy Tales of the North oil on paper, bordered with gouache and feather, on cardboard 33 x 42 cm Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland |
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| 1930 Fragment No. 67 ( Engel ) gouache and watercolour on canvas mounted on card 41 x 26.5 cm Private Collection |
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| 1930 Fruits on Red watercolour, brush, pen and in on silk 61.2 x 46.2 cm Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich |
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| 1930 Head of a Boy tempera on newspaper mounted on card 26.5 x 31.7 cm Private Collection |
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| 1930 In the Clouds watercolour and coloured paste on paper mounted on card 46.8 x 61.5 cm Private Collection |
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| 1930 In the Grass oil on canvas 42.1 x 52.5 cm Museum of Modern Art, New York |
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| 1930 Myth of an Island pencil and watercolour on paper 46.3 x 61 cm Private Collection |
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| 1930 Never Ending etching 17.8 x 13.7 cm ( plate ) Museum of Modern Art, New York |
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| 1930 North German City gouache and watercolour on gesso on paper mounted on cardboard 48.3 x 46.7 cm The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1930 Open Book water-based paint and varnish over white lacquer on paper, mounted on canvas 45.7 x 42.5 cm Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York |
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| 1930 Portrait in the Arbor gouache on paperboard 33.3 x 24.1 cm Private Collection |
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| 1930 Resting watercolour and pen and ink on paper mounted on card 22.6 x 30.2 cm Private Collection |
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| 1930 Rhythmical More Rigorous and Freer gouache on paper mounted on card 47 x 61.5 cm Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich |
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| 1930 Rythmical oil on canvas 68.9 x 50.4 cm |
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| 1930 Short Sea Voyage watercolour on cotton mounted on card 26.5 x 52.5 cm Private Collection |
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| 1930 Siedlung im Hügelland watercolour and pen and ink on linen mounted on card 25.5 x 42 cm Private Collection |
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| 1930 Sunset oil on canvas 46.1 x 70.5 cm Art Institute of Chicago, IL |
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| 1930 The Castle Mountain of S. gouache on paper laid down on board 36.8 x 46.7 cm Tate, London |
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| 1930 Twins oil on canvas 60.6 x 50.4 cm |
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| 1930 Vogelfänger ( Fowler ) gouache on paper mounted on board 33.3 x 21 cm Private Collection |
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| 1930 What’s the Matter with Him? stamped drawing in ink on Ingres paper on cardboard 55.5 x 34 cm Fondation Beyeler, Riehen, Switzerland |
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| 1930 Winter Picture gouache, watercolour, pen and ink and silver foil collage on paper mounted on card 31.9 x 48.9 cm Private Collection |
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| 1930 Woman with Tomato watercolour on paper mounted on card 61 x 46.2 cm Private Collection |
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| 1931 A Sting watercolour, pen and India ink on paper mounted on card 32 x 48.6 cm Private Collection |
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| 1931 Blooming Plant watercolour with touches of gouache, over charcoal, on tan laid paper, laid down on tan wood-pulp laminate board 59.7 x 43.2 cm Art Institute of Chicago, IL |
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| 1931 Blossom oil and watercolour on paper mounted on board 14.8 x 14.6 cm Private Collection |
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| 1931 Boy in Fancy Dress watercolour and gouache on paper mounted on cardboard 62.9 x 47.9 cm The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1931 Castle Garden oil on canvas 67.2 x 54.9 cm Museum of Modern Art, New York |
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| 1931 Cliffs by the Sea oil on white ground on canvas 44 x 62 cm Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich |