It was fascinating to see how Klee pretty much kept on with his work, in spite of being drafted into the German army - - a good wheeze to rent a flat in the town he was allowed to go to on leave, and use it to change into civvies so he could travel by train to visit his family. Novelist and Klee's friend Wilhelm Hausenstein wrote in his work Über Expressionismus in der Malerei (On Expressionism in Painting), "Maybe Klee's attitude is in general understandable for musical people—how Klee is one of the most delightsome violinist playing Bach and Händel, who ever walked on earth. Paul Klee at the Guggenheim Museum (exhibition catalogue) [1] Introduction by Lisa Dennison, essay by Andrew Kagan. He used canvas, burlap, muslin, linen, gauze, cardboard, metal foils, fabric, wallpaper, and newsprint.

By 1917, Klee's work was selling well and art critics acclaimed him as the best of the new German artists.Paul Klee's confidante Will Grohmann argued in the Cahiers d'art that he "stands definitely well solid on his feet. Paul Klee was born in Münchenbuchsee, Switzerland, as the second child of German music teacher Hans Wilhelm Klee (1849–1940) and Swiss singer Ida Marie Klee, born Frick (1855–1921). This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. From 1886 to 1890, Klee visited primary school and received, at the age of 7, violin classes at the Municipal Music School. He was annoyed and frustrated by his service; and I find it astonishing that he willingly participated in the German draft--he could have gone home to Switzerland.

Schools in Gersthofen, Lübeck; Klein-Winternheim, Overath; his place of birth Münchenbuchsee and Düsseldorf bear his name. More Hamburger icon An icon used to represent a menu that can be toggled by interacting with this icon. In that manner he created about 57 Verre églomisé pictures, among those the 1905 Gartenszene (Scene on a Garden) and the 1906 Porträt des Vaters (Portrait of a Father), with which he tried to combine painting and scratching. Klee became in a few months one of the most important and independent members of the Blaue Reiter, but he was not yet fully integrated. A diarist since 1898, Klee recorded this artistic turning point in his notebook; the following entry came as he toured the city of Kairouan, newly “possessed” by colour.

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Although elements of the garden are clearly visible, a further steering towards abstraction is noticeable. For Klee, color represented the optimism and nobility in art, and a hope for relief from the pessimistic nature he expressed in his black-and-white grotesques and satires. Paul Klee was endowed with a rich and many-sided personality that was continually spilling over into forms of expression other than his painting and that made him one of the most. Venting his distress, he created several pen and ink lithographs on war themes including Death for the Idea (1915).Rawsthorn and Antonelli tell the stories of the remarkable designers, architects, engineers, artists, scientists, and activists who are at the forefront of positive change worldwide. A fantastic read for an enthusiast art lover / historian from lost of angles: How Europe was shaping up in that period with the eyes of a student / artist / young person / adult; Klee's artistic and personal development with his own - sometimes harsh, honest and always entertaining - words.