Paul Klee
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Paul Klee (1879–1940) was a painter whose highly individual style was influenced by movements in art that included expressionism, cubism, and surrealism. He was also a student of orientalism.
Literature
- By Klee
- "Creative Confession" (German: "Schöpferische Konfession". In: Tribune of art and time. A font collection, Edited by Kazimir Edschmid. Reiss, Berlin 1920
- 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. 1: The Thinking Eye, trans. Ralph Manheim, London: Lund Humphries, London, 1961.
- Paul Klee Notebooks, Vol. 2: The Nature of Nature, trans. Heinz Norden, London: Lund Humphries, 1973.
- Schriften, Rezensionen und Aufsätze (edited by Ch. Geelhaar), Köln, 1976
- Books on Klee
- Herbert Edward Read, Surrealism, Scholarly Pr, 1936
- Nika Hulton, An Approach to Paul Klee, Phoenix House, 1956
- James Smith Pierce, Paul Klee and primitive art, Garland Pub., 1976
- Paul Rand, A Designer’s Art, Yale University Press, 1985.
- Pierre Boulez, Le pays fertile. La musique de Paul Klee, Gallimard, 1989. (in French)
- Il Paese fertile. Paul Klee e la musica (Italian transl. by Paule Thevenin), Leonardo, 1990
- Marcel Franciscono, Paul Klee: His work and thought, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1991.
Movies about Klee
- Paul Klee – Die blaue Glut, Dokumentation, 45 Min. , directed by Birgitta Ashoff, Produktion: BR-alpha, 2004
- Paul Klee. Die Stille des Engels, Dokumentarfilm, French, 52 Min., directed by Michael Gaumnitz, 2005
- Die Tunisreise. Auf den Spuren von Paul Klee, Dokumentation, 76 Min., directed by Bruno Moll, Schweiz 2007
