Klee Av Susanna Partsch

<p>With meticulous theories and many thousands of paintings, drawings, and watercolors, <strong>Paul Klee (1879¿1940)</strong> is considered one of the most<strong> cerebral and prolific leaders of 20th-century European art</strong>. Though typically small in scale, his works are remarkable for their sophisticated thought and meticulous nuances of line, color, and tonality.<br/><br/> Klee¿s stylistic formation was shaped by early affiliation with the German expressionist group <strong>Der Blaue Reiter</strong> and, in particular, by a 1914 trip to Tunisia which transformed his use of color. After the war, he taught at the esteemed <strong>Bauhaus </strong>school, where his lectures, like his emerging practice, emphasized the <strong>symbolic potential of shade, line, and geometry. </strong><br/><br/> Klee was also inspired by <strong>Cubism, poetry, music, literature, language,</strong> and the simplistic power of <strong>children¿s art. </strong>Famed for his simple stick figures,