Talk:Paul Klee

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This article was vandalized previously (everything was deleted and all it said was "poopie") so I rebuilt it. However, seeing as you know much more as I do on the subject matter, please edit it to return it to its former glory. Qmwne235 Thurs, 2 March 2006 11:22:25 -600

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Moved the most recent version to the Talk: page. It seems rather inferior to the previous version by Camambert. It can possibly be merged somehow in future though. Kpjas Sun, 29 Dec 2002 18:35:20 +0100

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Paul Klee (1879-1940)

Paul Klee was born on the December 18 1879 in Münchenbuchsee near Bern. His father was organist and music teacher at the local school. His mother was said to be a gifted singer, who soon started to encourage her sons musical ambitions.

Klee became a good violinist and also showed an early talent for writing. After getting his school-leaving certificate, at the age of 19, Klee moved to Munich in the year of 1898, where he first started to learn at the private art school of Heinrich Knirr, a member of the Munich secession.
Later he studied at the academy as one of the students of the famous Franz von Stuck.

After his trip to Italy in the year 1901 he started his first independent works figured etchings. His stay in Milan, Genoa, Rome and Naples with its Mediterranean colours, its liveliness and also Italian architecture influenced Klee a lot.

In 1906 Klee married Lily Stumpf. The couple moved to Munich to exhibit his etchings at the secession. One year later their son Felix was born.
The following years Paul Klee went into works by Goya, William Blake and Aubrey Beardsley. Klee produced a number of black-white prints and drawings.
Artists like Cezanne, Matisse and especially Van Gogh had a lot of influence on him. In 1911 Klee joined the artists` group Der Blaue Reiter, together with Wassily Kandinsky, Gabriele Münter, Franz Marc, Alfred Kubin, Alexej Jawlensky, Marianne Werefkin and August Macke.
Paul Klee especially showed a lot of interest in childrens paintings and folk art.

He showed his works at the second exhibition of Der Blaue Reiter. On the 5th of April Klee left Germany to move to Tunisia. The oriental landscape, colours and clothes fascinated and influenced him.
During the first World War the painter found his friends spread all over Europe. On the 11th of March also Klee was called up. After the end of the war he moved back to Munich and started a lot of oil paintings.
On the 25th of November in 1920 Paul Klee got his calling for the builders house in Weimar. There he got his own studio and gave lectures in creation and shaping. Due to this job his estimation rose. Everywhere in Germany and also other countries Klee` s exhibitions of his works took place.
During the Twenties Klee wrote works about modern art and the basics of his teaching.
In December 1928 the artist again left Germany to move to Egypt which again influenced his paintings a lot.

In 1931 he started to work as art teacher at the academy of Düsseldorf. When Hitler came to power, Klee had to leave the country.
The exhibition Degenerate Art in 1937 included seventeen works by Paul Klee. He finally stayed in Bern, moved to Italy and France and met some of his old friends again. Paul Klee died in 1940 due to a skin disease.

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Drawing is just taking a pencil for a walk —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 86.139.149.34 (talk • contribs) 20:39, October 17, 2005 (UTC)

scleroderma diagnosis

It appears sleroderma was not recognized as a disease until after his death: Paul Klee Centrum —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jwy (talk • contribs) 18:07, January 3, 2006 (UTC)

Jewish painter

In no source that I know of does he appear as a jewish painter. His father was german and his mother swiss. But I could be wrong, so I ask anyone to show me a source that proves that he was in fact jewish. User:Mistico

Klee's Heritage

I consider myself a relative authority on Klee, and within the 15 books on him I have in my library and various visits to his collections around the world, his heritage is always cited as German and Swiss. Never have I seen it listed as Jewish. He was Swiss and German. However, he does use the star of David in a number of paintings as a letimotif, and he was definitely an early enemy of the Nazis, having been forced to flee Germany before the infamous 1937 Nazi Degenerate Art Show. Though he was featured in this showing alongside many of his close Jewish friends, the show was not limited to Jewish artists, and included works by many groups of people the Nazi's wished to malign.

Thank you for rebuilding this page kpjas. Why on earth would someone erase the whole thing and write 'poopie'? a Nazi perhaps?!

Yes, maybe a Nazi.

==Klee Commenters==

I think Paul Klee is a very fine artist!

If i were to choose my favrite artist, it be Pual Klee. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.11.234.165 (talk) 01:41, 24 April 2008 (UTC)