Paul Klee
Paul Klee (18 December 1879 – 29 June 1940) was a painter born in Switzerland, and is considered to be a German-Swiss. His highly individual style was influenced by movements in art that included expressionism, cubism, and surrealism. He was also a student of orientalism.
Legacy
Since 1995, the "Paul Klee-Archiv" [Paul Klee Archive] of the University of Jena houses an extensive collection of works by Klee. It is located within the art history department, established by Franz-Joachim Verspohl. It encompasses the private library of book collector Rolf Sauerwein which contains nearly 700 works from 30 years composed of monographs about Klee, exhibition catalogues, extensive secondary literature as well as originally illustrated issues, a postcard and a signed photography portrait of Klee.
Literature
- Books by Klee
- Über die moderne Kunst, Bern-Bümpliz: Benteli, 1945. (in German)
- On Modern Art, trans. Paul Findlay, London: Faber and Faber, London, 1948.
- Pädagogisches Skizzenbuch, 1925. (in German)
- Pedagogical Sketchbook, trans. Sibyl Moholy-Nagy, New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1960.
- Παιδαγωγικό Σημειωματάριο, trans. Β. Λαγοπούλου, 1976. (in Greek)
- Das bildnerische Denken, Basel: Schwabe & Co., 1956. (in German)
- Paul Klee Notebooks, Vol. 1: The Thinking Eye, trans. Ralph Manheim, London: Lund Humphries, 1961.
- Gedichte, Verlag der Arche, Zurich, 1960. (in German)
- Some poems, trans. Anselm Hollo, 1962.
- The Diaries of Paul Klee 1898–1918, ed. Felix Klee, Berkeley: University of California, 1964.
- Unendliche Naturgeschichte, Basel: Schwabe & Co., Basel, 1970.
- Paul Klee Notebooks, Vol. 2: The Nature of Nature, trans. Heinz Norden, London: Lund Humphries, 1973.
- Books on Klee
- Paul Rand, A Designer’s Art, Yale University Press, 1985.
- Pierre Boulez, Le pays fertile. La musique de Paul Klee, Gallimard, 1989. (in French)
- Marcel Franciscono, Paul Klee: His work and thought, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1991.
