2. Paul Klee: Fish Facts
He was born in 1879 in
Switzerland, a country in
Europe.
3. Paul Klee: Fish Facts
His father was a music
teacher.
His mother was an artist.
Paul Klee was a good
musician, writer and teacher.
4. Paul Klee: Fish Facts
He learned to draw with line, shape
and color.
5. Paul Klee: Fish Facts
He realized that a painting did
not have to look like a realistic
copy of something to make good
artwork.
This type of art is known as
abstract art.
10. Paul Klee: Fish Facts
Some of Klee’s paintings look
like they were done by a child.
11. Paul Klee: Fish Facts
He worked hard to learn about
drawing with lines.
Dancing Girl
12. Paul Klee: Fish Facts
Klee used chalk, paste,
watercolors, and crayons in his
paintings.
He loved to use beautiful colors.
13. Paul Klee: Fish Facts
Kreuze und Saulen
Flowers in Stone
Ebene Landschaft
14. Paul Klee: Fish Facts
Magic Garden
Arrival of Marie
Head of Man
15. Paul Klee: Fish Facts
Klee worked slowly. Sometimes
he sat for hours before painting.
Sometimes he worked on six
paintings at once.
He taught himself to paint with
both hands.
16. Paul Klee: Fish Facts
Klee created almost
9,000 paintings in his
lifetime.
17. Paul Klee: Fish Facts
Red Balloon
Cat and Bird
Efflorescence
