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Paul Klee 1879- 1940
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Paul Klee
1879- 1940
• Swiss painter of German nationality• Influenced by cubism, expressionism, and
surrealism• Wrote extensively about color theory• Was also a musician and liked to combine
ideas of music into his art• Taught at the Bauhaus school in Germany, a
school that combined the arts and crafts
“Color has taken possession of me; no longer do I have to chase after it, I know that it has hold of me forever... Color and I are one. I am a painter.”