Klee, Paul ___ 1879-1940 ___ Swiss ___ artist

BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY
Klee was born in Munchenbuchsee into a family of musicians. He studied art at the Munich Academy of Fine Art and then travelled to Italy several times before settling in Bern in 1902. In the year 1906, he married Lily Stumpf, moved to Munich, and held an exhibition there of satirical etchings. It is said that colour only became central to Klee's art after a trip to Tunisia in 1914. Further exhibitions followed, but in 1916, he was called up to serve in the army. However, he did not see front line action, and was employed painting aeroplanes some of the time. Subsequently, Klee taught at the Bauhaus in Weimar and Dessau. In 1925, he published 'Pedagogical Sketchbook'. Among his notable exhibitions of this period were those in New York, at the Société Anonyme and the Museum of Modern Art, and a first major show in Paris at the Galerie Vavin-Raspail. With the emergence of Hitler, Klee returned to Switzerland. A large number of his paintings left behind in Germany were confiscated by the Nazis. In 1935, Klee developed scleroderma, a debilitating disease.
A biography link
Wikipedia bio
The Diary Review - Colour possesses me

DIARY DATES, CONTENT DESCRIPTORS
1897-1918 1914 ___ military travel art creativity Italy Germany Tunisia

WEB TEXT LINKS
googlebooks
a few extracts
a few quotes

ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LINKS
Zentrum Paul Klee

SOME PUBLISHED TITLES
The Diaries of Paul Klee 1898-1918
 

November 2005, July 2008, April 2013
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