Paul Klee

**Paul Klee** (; silimin gɔli December biɛɣu pia ni anii yuuni 1879 – silimin gɔli  June biɛɣu pishi ni awɔi yuuni 1940) o nyɛla bɛ ni daa dɔɣi so Swiss ka o nyɛ German nuuni tuunbaŋda. Klee daa nyɛla ŋun sabiri pam; o wuhibu sabbunima kamani "*Writings on Form and Design Theory* (*Schriften zur Form und Gestaltungslehre*)", ka o wuligirili Siliminsili ni ka boli li *[[Paul Klee Notebooks]]*, di nyɛla din beni ni di sɔŋsi seaman nuuni tuunbaŋsim, Leonardo da Vinci's *[[A Treatise on Painting]]* daa zanimi ti Renaissance. 

## Tuma


File:Paul-Klee-Dame-mit-Sonnenschirm.jpg|*Dame mit Sonnenschirm*, 1883–1885, pencil on paper on cardboard, Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern
File:GUGG Hilterfingen.jpg | *Hilterfingen*, 1895, ink on paper, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
File:Paul Klee, Inventionen Nr. 3, Jungfrau im Baum (1903).jpg|Third Invention: *Jungfrau im Baum*, 1903, etching, Museum of Modern Art, New York
File:Begruessung.jpg|Sixth Invention: *Zwei Männer, einander in höherer Stellung vermutend, begegnen sich*, 1903, etching, Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern
File:GUGG Aged Phoenix (Invention 9).jpg|*Aged Phoenix*, 1905, etching, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York



File:Fenster u. Palmen, 1914.jpg|*Fenster und Palmen*, 1914, watercolor on grounding on paper on cardboard, Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich
File:Paul Klee, In den Häusern von St. Germain.jpg|*In den Häusern von St. Germain*, 1914, watercolor on paper on cardboard, Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern
File:Paul Klee, Föhn im Marc'schen Garten, 1915.jpg|*Föhn im Marc’schen Garten*, 1915, watercolor on paper on cardboard, Lenbachhaus, Munich
File:GUGG Acrobats.jpg| *Acrobats*, 1915, watercolor, pastel and ink on paper, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York 

 


File:Red and Green Architecture (1922) by Paul Klee - Yale University Art Gallery.jpg|*Red/Green Architecture (yellow/violet gradation)*, 1922, oil on canvas on cardboard mat, Yale University Art Gallery, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
File:Paul Klee, 1922, Senecio, oil on gauze, 40.3 × 37.4 cm, Kunstmuseum Basel.jpg|*[[Senecio (Klee)|Senecio]]*, 1922, oil on gauze, Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel
File:GUGG Fright of a Girl.jpg| *Fright of a Girl*, 1922, Watercolor, India ink and oil transfer drawing on paper, with India ink on paper mount, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
File:Paul Klee Puppe Ohne Titel (Selbstportrait).jpg|Puppet without title (self-portrait), 1922, Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern


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File:Paul Klee - Signs In Yellow - Google Art Project.jpg|*Zeichen in Gelb*, 1937, pastel on cotton on colored paste on jute on stretcher frame, Beyeler Foundation, Riehen, near Basel
File:Paul Klee - After The Flood - Google Art Project.jpg|*Nach der Überschwemmung*, 1936, wallpaper glue and watercolors on Ingres paper on cardboard
File:Revolution des Viadukts, 1937 - Paul Klee.jpg|*Revolution des Viadukts*, 1937, oil on oil grounding on cotton on stretcher frame, Hamburger Kunsthalle
File:Paul Klee - The Vase - Google Art Project.jpg|*Die Vase*, 1938, oil on jute, Fondation Beyeler, Riehen near Basel
File:Heroic Roses, 1938 - Paul Klee.jpg|*Heroische Rosen* (Heroic Roses), 1938, oil on canvas, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf
File:Paul Klee, Insula dulcamara.jpg|*[[Insula dulcamara]]*, 1938, oil color and colored paste on newsprint on jute on stretcher frame, Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern
File:Paul Klee, Ohne Titel (Der Todesengel).jpg|*Ohne Titel (Letztes Stillleben)*, 1940, oil on canvas on stretcher frame, Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern
File:Death and Fire (1940) - Paul Klee (Zentrum Paul Klee).jpg|*[[Death and Fire|Tod und Feuer]]* (Death and Fire), 1940, oil on distemper on jute, Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern


#### Additional musical interpretations

* Sándor Veress: *Hommage à Paul Klee* (1951), phantasy for two pianos and strings
* Peter Maxwell Davies: *Five Klee-Pictures* (1962), orchestral
* Harrison Birtwistle: *Carmen Arcadiae Mechanicae Perpetuum* (The Perpetual Song of Mechanical Arcadia) (1977), for orchestra
* Edison Denisov: *Drei Bilder von Paul Klee* (Three Pictures of Paul Klee) (1985), for six players (*Diana im Herbstwind* − *Senecio* – *Kind auf der Freitreppe*)
* Tōru Takemitsu: *All in Twilight* (1987), for guitar
* John Woolrich: *The kingdom of dreams* (1989), for oboe and piano ('Landscape with Yellow Birds', 'The Bavarian Don Giovanni', 'Tale à la Hoffmann', 'Fish Magic')  
* Leo Brouwer: *Sonata* (1990), for guitar
* Walter Steffens: *Vier Aquarelle nach Paul Klee* (Four Watercolor Pictures to Paul Klee) (1991), op. 63, for recorder(s)
* Tan Dun: *Death and Fire* (1992), Dialogue with Paul Klee, orchestral
* Judith Weir: *Heroic Strokes of the Bow* (1992), for orchestra
* Jean-Luc Darbellay: *Ein Garten für Orpheus* (A Garden for Orpheus) (1996), for six instruments
* Michael Denhoff: *Haupt- und Nebenwege* (Main and Sideways) (1998), for strings and piano
* Iris Szeghy: *Ad parnassum* (2005), for strings
* Patrick van Deurzen: *Six: a line is a dot that went for a walk* (2006), for Flugelhorn, DoubleBass & Percussion
* Jim McNeely: *Paul Klee* (2007), Jazz album written for the Swiss Jazz Orchestra composed of 8 pieces 
* Jason Wright Wingate: *[[Symphony No. 2: Kleetüden]]; Variationen für Orchester nach Paul Klee (Variations for Orchestra after Paul Klee)* (2009), for orchestra in 27 movements
* Sakanaction: "Klee" (2010), from the album *[[Kikuuiki]]*; a song envisioned as a dialogue with Klee's paintings.
* Ludger Stühlmeyer: *Super flumina Babylonis [An den Wassern zu Babel]*. (2019), fantasia for organ (Introduzione, Scontro, Elegie, Appassionato) on an aquarelle by Paul Klee.
* George Crumb: *Metamorphoses, Book 1: No. 1, Black Prince; No. 2, Goldfish* and *Metamorphoses, Book 2: No. 1, Ancient Sound, Abstract on Black; No. 2, Landscape with Yellow Birds* (2019), for piano after paintings of the same name by Paul Klee

## Publications
* Jardi, Enric (1991). *Paul Klee*, Rizzoli Intl Pubns, 
* Kagan, Andrew (1993). *Paul Klee at the Guggenheim Museum* (exhibition catalogue) http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/exhibitions/publications/guggenheim-publications-list Introduction by Lisa Dennison, essay by Andrew Kagan. 208 pages. English and Spanish editions. 1993, 
* Cappelletti, Paolo (2003). *L'inafferrabile visione. Pittura e scrittura in Paul Klee* (in Italian). Milan: Jaca Book. 
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*Lista, Marcella (2011). *Paul Klee, 1879-1940 : polyphonies.* Arles: Actes Sud. 

### Books, essays and lectures by Paul Klee
* 1922 *Beiträge zur bildnerischen Formlehre* ('Contributions to a pictorial theory of form', part of his 1921–22 lectures at the Bauhaus)
* 1923 *Wege des Naturstudiums* ('Ways of Studying Nature'), 4 pages. Published in the catalogue for the Erste Bauhaus Ausstellung (First Bauhaus Exhibition) in Summer 1923. Also published in *Paul Klee Notebooks* vol 1.
* 1924 *Über moderne Kunst* ('On Modern Art'), lecture held at Paul Klee's exhibition at the Kunstverein in Jena on 26 January 1924
* 1924 *Pädagogisches Skizzenbuch* ('Pedagogical Sketchbook')
* 1949 *Documente und Bilder aus den Jahren 1896–1930*, ('Documents and images from the years 1896–1930'), Berne, Benteli
* 1956 *Graphik*, ('Graphics'), Berne, Klipstein & Kornfeld
* 1956 *[[Schriften zur Form und Gestaltungslehre]]* ('Writings on form and design theory') edited by Jürg Spiller (English edition: 'Paul Klee Notebooks')
** 1956 *Band I: Das bildnerische Denken.*, ('Volume I: the creative thinking'). 572 pages review. (English translation from German by Ralph Manheim: 'The thinking eye')
** 1964 *Band 2: Unendliche Naturgeschichte* ('Volume 2: Infinite Natural History') (English translation from German by Heinz Norden: 'The Nature of Nature')
* 1964 *The Diaries of Paul Klee 1898–1918 * ed. Felix Klee Berkeley, University of California
* 1976 *Schriften, Rezensionen und Aufsätze* edited by Ch. Geelhaar, Köln,
* 1960 *Gedichte*, poems, edited by Felix Klee
* 1962 *Some poems by Paul Klee* ed Anselm Hollo. London

## Lihi pahi
* Color theory
* Watercolors
* Expressionism
* Der Blaue Reiter

### Sabbu nima
### Kundivihira

## Further reading

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* Franciscono, Marcel (1991). *Paul Klee: His Work and Thought*. University of Chicago Press, 406 pages, .
* Hausenstein, Wilhelm (1921). *[https://archive.org/details/arraywil00hausuoft Kairuan oder eine Geschichte vom Maler Klee und von der Kunst dieses Zeitalters]* ('Kairuan or a History of the Artist Klee and the Art of this Age')
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* *Paul Klee: Catalogue Raisonné*. 9 vols. Edited by the Paul Klee Foundation, Museum of Fine Arts, Berne. New York: Thames & Hudson, 1998–2004.
* Rump, Gerhard Charles (1981), "*Paul Klees Poetik der Linie. Bemerkungen zum graphischen Vokabular*. In: Gerhard Charles Rump: *Kunstpsychologie, Kunst und Psychoanalyse, Kunstwissenschaft*. Olms, Hildesheim and New York. pp.&nbsp;169–185. .
* Sorg, Reto, and Osamu Okuda (2005). *Die satirische Muse – Hans Bloesch, Paul Klee und das Editionsprojekt Der Musterbürger*. ZIP Zürich (Klee-Studien; 2), 
* *Paul Klee: 1933*, published by Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, Helmut Friedel. Contains essays in German by Pamela Kort, Osamu Okuda, and Otto Karl Werckmeister.
* Werckmeister, Otto Karl (1989) [1984]. *The Making of Paul Klee's Career, 1914–1920*. University of Chicago Press, 343 pages, 125 halftones. 

## External links

* Paul Klee's Cats
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* Zentrum Paul Klee – The Paul Klee museum in Bern
* Scans of pages of Paul Klee's notebooks from the Zentrum Paul Klee
* "Creative Credo" – by Paul Klee, 1920
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* Paul Klee at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA)
* Biographie Paul Klee  
* "Paul Klee", ''Der Ararat'', Vol. 1, Second Special Number, edited by Hans Goltz, Munich, May–June 1920
* ''Klee 1879-1940'' by Susanna Partsch (2003)