Paul Klee was a Swiss artist born in 1879 who was influenced by both his musical father and artistic mother. He is known for his abstract paintings that did not aim to realistically depict objects but rather explored line, shape, color and forms. Klee created almost 9,000 paintings over his lifetime working with different mediums like watercolors, chalk and pastels, and was known for his unique style that sometimes resembled a child's artwork.

1. Seeing Below the Surface

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.

6. Paul Klee: Fish Facts
REALISTIC
Rose Garden

7. Paul Klee: Fish Facts
ABSTRACT
Rose Garden

8. Paul Klee: Fish Facts
The objects in
abstract art look
different from the
way they look in real
life.

9. Paul Klee: Fish Facts
Mountain Landscape
Mountain landscape

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.

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Kreuze und Saulen
Flowers in Stone
Ebene Landschaft

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Magic Garden
Arrival of Marie
Head of Man

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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.

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Red Balloon
Cat and Bird
Efflorescence

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Under the Sea
The Golden Fish

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Fish Magic
Around the Fish

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The featured painting.
The Seafarer or Sinbad the Sailor

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The Project
Paul Klee said:
“A line is a dot that
went for a walk.”

22. Paul Klee: Fish Facts
Use a black marker and take your line for a walk across
the grid paper.

23. Paul Klee: Fish Facts
Shade in some of your squares to help color in your line
drawing.

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Bye-bye!

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