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Paul Klee (1879-1940), ?Spectre d'un guerrier? #889688

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Paul Klee (1879-1940), ?Spectre d'un guerrier? #889688
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Paul Klee (1879-1940), ?Spectre d'un guerrier? print
A Swiss-born painter and graphic artist, Paul Klee was born on December 18, 1879, in Munchenbuchsee, Switzerland, into a family of musicians. His personal, often gently humorous works are filled with allusions to dreams, music, and poetry, and are difficult to classify. Primitive art, surrealism, cubism, and children's art all seem blended into his small-scale, delicate paintings, watercolors, and drawings.
Klee's early works are mostly etchings and pen-and-ink drawings. These combine satirical, grotesque, and surreal elements. In 1920, a major Klee retrospective was held at the Galerie Hans Goltz, Munich; his Schöpferische Konfession was published; he was also appointed to the faculty of the Bauhaus. In 1924, the Blaue Vier, consisting of Lyonel Feininger, Jawlensky, Kandinsky, and Klee, was founded.
Among his notable exhibitions of this period were his first in the United States at the Société Anonyme, New York, in 1924; his first major show in Paris the following year at the Galerie Vavin-Raspail; and an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, in 1930. Klee went to Düsseldorf to teach at the Akademie in 1931, shortly before the Nazis closed the Bauhaus.
This is a very unique and intriguing print. It has a highly textured look, and the image is simplified greatly, showing only the bare necessities that are a trademark of Klee?s work. Masterfully framed in an understated gold wood frame, this 25.5? x 19.5? ...
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<tr><td>Condition:excellent</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:1930</td></tr>


<tr><td>Height:25.5</td></tr>

<tr><td>Width:19.5</td></tr>

<tr><td>Title:Paul Klee (1879-1940), ?Spectre d'un guerrier?</td></tr>



<tr><td>Location:Grosse Pointe Park, MI. 48230, USA</td></tr>
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