Paul Klee was a Swiss-German artist born in 1879 in Switzerland and died in 1940. He was influenced by expressionism, cubism, surrealism and orientalism and spent much of his career teaching at various art schools. Klee began his career drawing in black and white but after visiting Tunisia he discovered color and began experimenting with a new colorful style of painting, producing over 9,000 works in his career that have inspired many other artists.

1. Paul Klee
Born: 18 December 1879; Münchenbuchsee,
Switzerland
Died: 29 June 1940; Muralto, Locarno, Switzerland
Klee played the violin since he was eight, but as a teen was drawn to art
because it allowed him to express his ideas more clearly. Paul Klee was
influenced by expressionism, cubism, surrealism and orientalism.
He spent much of his adult life teaching at various universities and art schools,
including the German Bauhaus School of Art and Düsseldorf Academy. He is
known for his writing and lectures on Art and Design.
Klee’s legacy includes over 9,000 works of art, which have inspired many other
painting and musical compositions. In 1938 he was immortalized by Steinway
Pianos in their “Paul Klee Series” pianos.

2. From black and white to color
In the Box , 1908
Park Bei Lu , 1938
At first, Klee drew in black and white, saying he would never be a painter. But after a visit to Tunisia, in which
he was impressed by the quality of light, he had found his sense of color and began experimenting with a
new style of painting.

3. Tunisia

4. Rising Sun, 1907

5. Apparatus for the Magnetic Treatment of Plants, 1908

6. Flower stand with watering can and bucket, 1910

7. The Signatories at the Window (The artist at the window), 1909

8. Houses near the Gravel Pit, 1913

9. Color Shapes, 1914

10. Hamamet, 1914

11. Hamamet with Mosque, 1914

12. Red and White Domes, 1914

13. Remembrance of a Garden, 1914

14. In the Style of Kairouan, 1914

15. Pious Northern Landscape, 1917

16. With the Egg, 1917

17. Dream City, 1921

18. Transparent in Perspective Grooved, 1921

19. Growth of the Night Plants, 1921

20. The Messenger of Autumn, 1922

21. Monument, 1929