Paul Klee
18 December 1879 – 29 June 1940
Paul Klee was a Swiss-German artist whose highly individual style was influenced by expressionism, cubism, and surrealism. A noted color theorist and Bauhaus teacher, he produced nearly 10,000 works and wrote extensively on the nature of art.
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Life events
Paul Klee was born near Bern into a musical family.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe trained under Franz von Stuck at the Munich Academy.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe married Lily Stumpf, with whom he had a son, Felix.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgA transformative trip to Tunisia awakened his sense of color as a painter.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe joined the Bauhaus faculty, teaching bookbinding, glass painting, and theory.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe took up a teaching post at the Düsseldorf Academy of Art.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgBranded a 'degenerate' artist, he was dismissed and emigrated to Bern.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe developed the debilitating illness scleroderma, which affected his final years and work.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgPaul Klee died near Locarno at the age of 60.
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