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Paul Klee — VisualArtsDB

Paul Klee

Münchenbuchsee, Schweiz · b. 1879 — d. 1940

Painting & Sculpture Drawings & Prints Modernism Surrealism Architecture & Design

Paul Klee German, born Switzerland, 1879–1940

Timeline

Born 1879 — Died 1940

1890s

Physiognomy of Fragments

Physiognomy of Fragments

1900s

Ex libris L. Michaud

Ex libris L. Michaud

Two Men Meet, Each Believing the Other to Be of Higher Rank (Zwei Männer, einander in höherer Stellung vermutend, begegnen sich) from the series Inventions (Inventionen)

Woman Sowing Weeds

Woman Sowing Weeds

Virgin in the Tree (Jungfrau im Baum) from the series Inventions (Inventionen)

+19

1910s

Reading on the Bed (Lektüre auf dem Bett)

Sheep in the Pen (Schafe in der Hürde)

Landscape near Munich Parade Ground (Landschaft beim Münchner Exerzierplatz)

Garden (Garten)

+66

1920s

A Guardian Angel Serves a Small Breakfast (Ein Genius serviert ein kleines Frühstück) from the yearbook Die Freude: Blätter einer neuen Gesinnung (Joy: Papers for a New Consciousness)

Giant Aphid (Riesenblattlaus)

Schoolhouse

Schoolhouse

Potted Plants I (Blumenstöcke I)

+106

1930s

The Castle Mountain of S.

The Castle Mountain of S.

"Or The Mocked Mocker"

Woman in Evolution

Woman in Evolution

In the Grass

+35

1940s

Dancing Girl

Dancing Girl

Lady Apart (Dame abseits)

1950s

Day Music (Musique diurne) from Art d'Aujourd'hui, Maîtres de l'Art Abstrait (Art of Today, Masters of Abstract Art), Album I

Poster for Klee Exhibition at Berggruen & Cie

1970s

Der Paukenspieler (The Drummer Boy)

Der Paukenspieler (The Drummer Boy)

Works

248 artworks

Physiognomy of Fragments

Physiognomy of Fragments

, 1899

Ex libris L. Michaud

Ex libris L. Michaud

, 1901

Virgin (Dreaming)

Virgin (Dreaming)

, 1903

Woman Sowing Weeds

Woman Sowing Weeds

, 1903

Virgin in the Tree (Jungfrau im Baum) from the series Inventions (Inventionen)

, 1903

Two Men Meet, Each Believing the Other to Be of Higher Rank (Zwei Männer, einander in höherer Stellung vermutend, begegnen sich) from the series Inventions (Inventionen)

, 1903

Two Men Meet, Each Believing the Other to be of Higher Rank

Two Men Meet, Each Believing the Other to be of Higher Rank

, 1903

Perseus (Wit Has Triumphed over Grief) (Perseus [Der Witz hat über das Leid gesiegt]) from the series Inventions (Inventionen)

, 1904

A Man Sinking Before the Crown (Ein Mann versinkt vor der Krone) from the series Inventions (Inventionen)

, 1904

Woman and Animal

Woman and Animal

, 1904

Charm (Feminine Grace)

Charm (Feminine Grace)

, 1904

Perseus -Wit has Triumphed Over Grief

Perseus -Wit has Triumphed Over Grief

, 1904

Comedian (Komiker) from the series Inventions (Inventionen)

, 1904

Comedian (INV 4)

Comedian (INV 4)

, 1904

A Man Sinks Down Before the Crown

A Man Sinks Down Before the Crown

, 1904

Winged Hero

Winged Hero

, 1905

Der Held mit dem Flügel (The Hero with the Wing) from the series Inventions (Inventionen)

, 1905

Menacing Head (Drohendes Haupt) from the series Inventions (Inventionen)

, 1905

Aged Phoenix (Greiser Phoenix) from the series Inventions (Inventionen)

, 1905

Two Nudes in the Lake (Zwei Akte im See)

, 1907

Still Life with Four Apples (Stilleben mit vier Früchten in Schale vor dunkelgrünem Grunde)

, 1909

Drinker (Trinker)

, 1909

Quarry at Ostermundigen (Steinbruch Ostermundigen)

, 1909

The Friends (Die Freundinnen)

, 1909

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