Paul Klee

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, 56 pp.
  • Modern Sanat Üzerine, trans. Rahmi G. Öğdül, Altikirkbes Yayin, 1995; 2002; 2007. (in Turkish)
• 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, Zurich: Arche, 1960. (in German)
  • Some Poems, trans. Anselm Hollo, Scorpion Press, 1962, 35 pp.
• 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.
• Schriften, Rezensionen und Aufsätze, ed. Ch. Geelhaar, Cologne, 1976. (in German)

Books on Klee

• Leopold Zahn, Paul Klee: Leben, Werk, Geist, Potsdam: Gustav Kiepenheuer, 1920.
• Herbert Edward Read, Surrealism, Scholarly Press, 1936.
• Nika Hulton, An Approach to Paul Klee, Phoenix House, 1956.
• James Smith Pierce, Paul Klee and Primitive Art, Garland, 1976.
• Pierre Boulez, Le pays fertile. La musique de Paul Klee, Gallimard, 1989. (in French)
  • Il paese fertile. Paul Klee e la musica, trans. Guillemette Denis, Milan: Leonardo, 1990, 181 pp. (in Italian)
• Marcel Franciscono, Paul Klee: His Work and Thought, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1991.

Catalogues

• Paul Klee, Berlin: Der Sturm, 1916, 24 pp. 22 works from 1913-16. (in German)
• Paul Klee, 1879-1940: A Retrospective Exhibition, New York: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1967. Introductory essay by Will Grohmann.

Documentary films about Klee

• Paul Klee – Die blaue Glut, dir. Birgitta Ashoff, 45 min, 2004.
• Paul Klee. Die Stille des Engels, dir. Michael Gaumnitz, 52 min, 2005.
• Die Tunisreise. Auf den Spuren von Paul Klee, dir. Bruno Moll, 76 min, 2007.

See also

• Der Blaue Reiter

External links

• Klee at Wikipedia
• Klee at German Wikipedia