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 - 11 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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| 1933 Old Dwarf pigmented paste on paper on board 46.3 x 34.9 cm Museum of Modern Art, New York |
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| 1933 Pineapple Pear watercolour on paper 32 x 42.5 cm Private Collection |
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| 1933 Promontorio Ph. watercolour on pasteboard zinc white primer on plywood 27.5 x 39.5 cm Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland |
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| 1933 Stripped from the List oil on paper on card 31.5 x 24 cm |
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| 1933 Tendrils watercolour 32.5 x 20.7 cm Private Collection |
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| 1933 Tree on Water pastel and gouache on linen mounted on card 37 x 44.5 cm Private Collection |
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| 1933 Untitled watercolour and coloured paste on paper 29.3 x 47.8 cm Private Collection |
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| 1934 A Flower Performs gouache and chalk on paper laid down on the artist's mount 23.8 x 30.5 cm |
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| 1934 Abstruse watercolour on paper 24 x 31.3 cm Private Collection |
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| 1934 Angel in the Making ( details not found ) |
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| 1934 Angst gouache and wax on burlap 49.9 x 60 cm National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa |
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| 1934 Botanical Theatre oil, watercolour, brush and pen and ink on paper on cardboard 50 x 67 cm Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich |
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| 1934 Colourful Forest gouache on paper mounted on paper 20.6 x 32.4 cm Private Collection |
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| 1934 Errand Boy watercolour, gouache, and pencil on paper 48.6 x 31.4 cm Museum of Modern Art, New York |
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| 1934 Figure of the Oriental Theatre oil on fabric mounted on cardboard 52 x 39.7 cm The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC |
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| 1934 In the Magic Mirror oil on canvas laid down on board 66 x 50 cm Art Institute of Chicago, IL |
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| 1934 Irrende Seele 1 ( Anima Errante ) oil on paper 18 x 27 cm Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane, Ireland |
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| 1934 Lonely Flower watercolour, pen and ink on paper 47.8 x 31.5 cm Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio |
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| 1934 Mask of an Underwater Guide pastel on linen laid down on paper 43.2 x 37.5 cm Private Collection |
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| 1934 One Who Understands oil and gypsum on canvas 54 x 40.6 cm The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1934 Ruins of the Barbarian Temple pen and blue ink on cotton mounted on card 32.5 x 37.5 cm Private Collection |
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| 1934 Starving Spirits pastel and oil on linen 51 x 43.7 cm Art Institute of Chicago, IL |
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| 1934 The Creator ( Le Créateur ) oil on canvas 42 x 53.5 cm |
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| 1934 Two Pears pencil and coloured pencil on muslin mounted on card 22.7 x 31.9 cm Private Collection |
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| 1934 Full Moon in the Garden ( Vollmond im Garten ) oil on canvas 50.3 x 60.1 cm Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Spain |
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| 1934-35 Plant in late Autumn pastel on embroidered cloth 30 x 22.5 cm Private Collection |
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| 1935 But the Red Roof glue tempera on jute-and-flax fabric 60.3 x 90.6 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA |
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| 1935 Cushioned Seat oil, watercolour and brush and ink on paper mounted on card 12.5 x 29.7 cm Private Collection |
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| 1935 Dame Démon oil and watercolour on prepared hessian canvas on card 150 x 100 cm |
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| 1935 Heroic Strokes of the Bow paste on paper and cloth mounted on card 73 x 53 cm Museum of Modern Art, New York |
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| 1935 House on a Hill gouache on brown wrapping paper 49.5 x 18 cm Private Collection |
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| 1935 Indiscretion watercolour, pen and ink on canvas mounted on card 26.7 x 33.2 cm Private Collection |
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| 1935 Parts of a Landscape Assembled gouache and black chalk on paper 34.2 x 48.6 cm Private Collection |
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| 1935 Rough-Cut Head ink wash and graphite on paper mounted on cardboard 37.8 x 27.6 cm The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1935 Treasure above Ground watercolour, gouache, brush and ink on paper 18.1 x 27.6 cm Private Collection |
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| 1935 Walpurgis Night gouache on fabric on plywood 50.8 x 47 cm Tate, London |
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| 1935 Will Awaken watercolour and gouache on paper mounted on card 21 x 32.7 cm Private Collection |
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| 1935c Woman in Evolution watercolour and dilute oil paint on cream wove paper 32.1 x 48.8 cm Art Institute of Chicago, IL |
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| 1936 After the Flood coloured paste and watercolour on Ingres paper on cardboard 47.9 x 62.6 cm Fondation Beyeler, Riehen, Switzerland |
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| 1936 New Harmony oil on canvas 93.6 x 66.3 cm Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York |
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| 1936 Scenery near Pasch pastel on Japan paper 36.2 x 50.5 cm Private Collection |
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| 1936 Southern Gardens oil on paper mounted on cardboard 26.3 x 31.1 cm Collection Norman Granz, Geneva |
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| 1936 Stricken City gypsum and oil on canvas 45.1 x 35.2 cm The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1936c Still Life with Pear gouache on joined paper mounted on card 21 x 21.6 cm Private Collection |
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| 1937 A Kind of Cat ( technique unknown ) 21 x 26.7 cm |
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| 1937 Animals Perform a Comedy charcoal and red chalk on linen on cardboard 41 x 41 cm Private Collection |
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| 1937 Arches of the Bridge Stepping Out of Line charcoal on cloth, mounted on paper 42.6 x 42 cm Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York |
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| 1937 Area of High Spirits charcoal and sanguine on cotton mounted on board 109.2 x 66 cm Private Collection |
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| 1937 Blue Night pastel on cotton pasted on jute; original frame borders 50.5 x 76.5 cm Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland |
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| 1937 Boats in the Flood Waters coloured paste on wrapping paper on cardboard 49.5 x 32.5 cm |
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| 1937 Costumed Peasant Girl gouache on paper 28 x 21.6 cm Private Collection |
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| 1937 Debut in the Cabaret felt-tip pen on fabric mounted on card 40 x 19.5 cm Private Collection |
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| 1937 Efflorescence oil on cardboard, incised 33.3 x 26.6 cm The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC |
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| 1937 Fragile-Spirited coloured wax crayons on paper mounted on card 27 x 43 cm Private Collection |