Paul KleeBorn: 18 December 1879; Münchenbuchsee,

SwitzerlandDied: 29 June 1940; Muralto, Locarno,

Switzerland

At first, Klee drew in black and white, saying he would never be a painter. But as an adult, after a visit to Tunisia, in which he was impressed by the quality of light, he had found his sense of color and began experimenting with his newfound decision to be a painter.

Klee spent much of his adult life teaching at various universities and art schools, including the German Bauhaus School of Art and Düsseldorf Academy.

Klee’s legacy includes over 9,000 works of art, which have inspired many other painting and musical compositions. In 1938 he was immortalized by Steinway Pianos in their “Paul Klee Series” pianos.

Tunisia

Rising Sun, 1907

Apparatus for the Magnetic Treatment of Plants, 1908

Flower stand with watering can and bucket, 1910

The Signatories at the Window (The artist at the window), 1909

Houses near the Gravel Pit, 1913

Color Shapes, 1914

Hamamet, 1914

Hamamet with Mosque, 1914

Red and White Domes, 1914

Remembrance of a Garden, 1914

In the Style of Kairouan, 1914

Pious Northern Landscape, 1917

With the Egg, 1917

Dream City, 1921

Transparent in Perspective Grooved, 1921

Growth of the Night Plants, 1921

The Messenger of Autumn, 1922

Monument, 1929