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.
Writings
- Pädagogisches Skizzenbuch, Munich: Albert Langen, 1925, 50 pp. (German)
- Pedagogical Sketchbook, intro. & trans. Sibyl Moholy-Nagy, New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1953, 65 pp; 1960. (English)
- Παιδαγωγικό Σημειωματάριο, trans. Β. Λαγοπούλου, 1976. (Greek)
- Pedagogikheskie eskizy, trans. N. Druzhkovoy, 2005. (Russian)
- Über die moderne Kunst, Bern-Bümpliz: Benteli, 1945, 53 pp, DNB. Lecture given at the opening of an exhibition at the Museum in Jena on 26 January 1924. (German)
- On Modern Art, trans. Paul Findlay, London: Faber and Faber, London, 1948, 56 pp. (English)
- Modern Sanat Üzerine, trans. Rahmi G. Öğdül, Altikirkbes Yayin, 1995; 2002; 2007. (Turkish)
- Das bildnerische Denken, Basel: Schwabe, 1956. (German)
- Paul Klee Notebooks, Vol. 1: The Thinking Eye, trans. Ralph Manheim, London: Lund Humphries, 1961. (English)
- Gedichte, Zurich: Arche, 1960. (German)
- Some Poems, trans. Anselm Hollo, Scorpion Press, 1962, 35 pp. (English)
- The Diaries of Paul Klee 1898–1918, ed. Felix Klee, Berkeley: University of California, 1964. (English)
- Unendliche Naturgeschichte, Basel: Schwabe, Basel, 1970. (German)
- Paul Klee Notebooks, Vol. 2: The Nature of Nature, trans. Heinz Norden, London: Lund Humphries, 1973. (English)
- Schriften, Rezensionen und Aufsätze, ed. Ch. Geelhaar, Cologne, 1976. (German)
- Paul Klee: Bauhaus Master, Madrid: La Fábrica/Fundación Juan March, 2013, 292 pp. A selection of 137 works from 1899-1940, ca. 100 handwritten notes selected from classes Klee gave at the Bauhaus, and an array of archival objects and documents. [1] (English)
- Paul Klee: maestro de la Bauhaus, Madrid: La Fábrica/Fundación Juan March, 2013. [2] (Spanish)
More texts (on Wikisource-DE)
Manuscripts
- Beiträge zur bildnerischen Formlehre, [Nov 1921-Dec 1922], [192] pp. A book of lectures and exercises made while teaching at Bauhaus; kept in Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern. Facsimile ed. with transcriptions published as Beiträge zur bildnerischen Formlehre. Faksimile des Originalmanuskripts von Paul Klees erstem Vortragszyklus am Bauhaus Weimar 1921/22, ed. Jürgen Glaesemer, Paul-Klee-Stiftung, 1979, 190 pp; repr., 1999.
- Bildnerische Gestaltungslehre, [1923-31], [c3900] pp. A collection of loose manuscript pages of notes and sketches made while teaching at Bauhaus; kept in Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern. (German)
Catalogues
- Paul Klee, Berlin: Der Sturm, 1916, 24 pp. 22 works from 1913-16. (German)
- Paul Klee, 1879-1940: A Retrospective Exhibition, intro. Will Grohmann, New York: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1967. (English)
- Paul Klee -- The Bauhaus Years: Works from 1918-1931, New York: Dickinson Roundell, 2013, 103 pp. With essays by Olivier Berggruen and Rémi Labrusse. (English)
Literature
- Leopold Zahn, Paul Klee: Leben, Werk, Geist, Potsdam: Gustav Kiepenheuer, 1920. (German)
- Herbert Edward Read, Surrealism, Scholarly Press, 1936. (English)
- Nika Hulton, An Approach to Paul Klee, Phoenix House, 1956. (English)
- James Smith Pierce, Paul Klee and Primitive Art, Garland, 1976 (English).
- Pierre Boulez, Le pays fertile. La musique de Paul Klee, Gallimard, 1989. (French)
- Il paese fertile. Paul Klee e la musica, trans. Guillemette Denis, Milan: Leonardo, 1990, 181 pp. (Italian)
- Marcel Franciscono, Paul Klee: His Work and Thought, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1991.
- Regine Prange, Das Kristalline als Kunstsymbol. Bruno Taut und Paul Klee: zur Reflexion des Abstrakten in Kunst und Kunsttheorie der Moderne, Hildesheim: Olms, 1991, 511 pp. (German)
Documentaries
- Paul Klee – Die blaue Glut, dir. Birgitta Ashoff, 45 min, 2004. (German)
- Paul Klee. Die Stille des Engels, dir. Michael Gaumnitz, 52 min, 2005. (German)
- Die Tunisreise. Auf den Spuren von Paul Klee, dir. Bruno Moll, 76 min, 2007. (German)
