Paul Klee was a Swiss-German artist known for his abstract paintings that expressed ideas and emotions through colors, shapes, and lines rather than realistic depictions. He was inspired by children's art and would borrow directly from their drawings, producing works that resembled dreamlike places through simple but beautiful compositions. His most famous painting may be "Red Balloon", an abstract piece that uses symbolic shapes and colors.

1. Paul Klee
1879-1940

2. Paul Klee is known for his simple, but
beautiful paintings.

3. His work is called
abstract art.
Abstract artists
paint ideas and
emotions using
colors, shapes
and lines without
trying to paint
things how they
really look.

4. What shapes do you see?
What symbol do you see?

5. Paul Klee loved looking at children’s art
to get ideas for his own paintings.

6. Viaduct
Revolution

7. He often borrowed directly from children’s drawings.

8. Red
Balloon

9. Many people think this is Paul Klee’s best
painting.
Do you like it? Why? Why not?

10. Many of Paul’s
paintings look
like places
seen in a
dream.
Red and
White Domes

11. Rose Garden
Do you see
the roses?

12. Southern Gardens

13. Moonshine

14. Full Moon

15. How are these paintings similar?
How are they different?

16. Castle and Sun