Paul Klee

Paul Klee• Paul Klee was born in

Switzerland in 1879.

• His artwork had many influences and he experimented with many different styles.

• He taught with Wassily Kandinskey at the Bauhaus school of art in Germany.

• He died in 1940 at the age of 60.

Red and white Domes (1914)

Take a look at some of

Paul Klee’s best known

work.

*What can you see?

*How has he created the

images?…think about

shapes, colours, what he

used e.g.

paint/chalk/pastel/pencil?

*Do you like it? Why?

*What might you try

yourself?

*What do you want to ask

him about the piece of

work?

Southern Gardens (1919)

Dream City (1921)

The Goldfish (1925)

Legend of the Nile (1937)

Embrace (1939)

[Untitled] (1940)

Today we are

going to be

looking at Klee’s

most famous

painting…

Senecio• Senecio (Old Man)

was painted in 1922.

• Klee said that colour was energy and it created the mood and the feelings in a painting.

• What do you think the mood/feeling is in this painting?

Which colours match the

different feelings we have?

Make your own ‘feelings colour wheel’…

‘Senecio’

• Klee was proud of his

painting and its

‘childlike’ nature.

• He felt that childhood

was the most creative

and pure time of our

lives.

• Do you think that this

painting is childlike?

Why?

Florence Gefuhle Mary Gefuhle(Florence’s feelings) (Marys’s feelings)

• You are going to produce

your own version of

‘Senecio’, but it will be

called ‘Florence or Mary

Gefuhle’

• First we need to draw

Florence or Mary’s face in

a similar style to

Klee…remember to keep it

childlike! • (I’ve chosen to do Florence)

Florence Gefuhle(Florence’s feelings)

• Now we need to choose

the ‘feeling’ for the

picture…when during

Florence or Mary’s life will

your picture be based?

• How did she feel at this

time?

• Look on your ‘feelings

colour wheel…

Setting off to

Scutari Hospital = worried

Now use those colours for your chosen feeling to

paint your ‘Florence Gefuhle’ or ‘Mary Gefuhle’.