Paul Klee

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Swiss-German person human modernist artist painter

Paul Klee was a Swiss-German modernist painter renowned for his highly individual style that blended abstraction, color theory, and playful symbolism, and for his influential teaching at the Bauhaus.

Aliases (1)

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Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Swiss-German person → human → modernist artist → painter →
causeOfDeath	scleroderma →
child	Felix Klee →
citizenship	German Empire → Swiss Confederation →
countryOfBirth	Switzerland →
countryOfDeath	Switzerland →
dateOfBirth	1879-12-18 →
dateOfDeath	1940-06-29 →
employer	Academy of Fine Arts, Düsseldorf → Bauhaus →
familyName	Klee →
fieldOfWork	drawing → painting → printmaking →
fullName	Paul Klee →
genre	abstract art → figurative art →
givenName	Paul →
influenced	Anni Albers → Bauhaus students → Jackson Pollock → Joan Miró → Mark Rothko →
influencedBy	African art → Paul Cézanne → Robert Delaunay → Vincent van Gogh → Wassily Kandinsky → children's art →
language	German →
movement	Cubism → Expressionism → Modernism → Surrealism →
notableConcept	abstraction → color theory → symbolism in art →
notableWork	Ad Parnassum → Angelus Novus → Castle and Sun → Senecio → Twittering Machine →
occupation	art teacher → painter → printmaker →
placeOfBirth	Münchenbuchsee →
placeOfDeath	Muralto →
religion	Protestantism →
spouse	Lily Stumpf →
studiedAt	Academy of Fine Arts, Munich →
taughtAt	Bauhaus Dessau → Bauhaus Weimar →
workLocation	Bern → Dessau → Weimar →

Referenced by (14)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Kunsthaus Zürich → The Phillips Collection →	hasWorkBy
Paul Cézanne → Wassily Kandinsky →	influenced
Neue Galerie New York →	exhibitsWorkBy
Paul Klee ("Klee") →	familyName
Paul Klee →	fullName
Der Blaue Reiter →	hasMember
Abstract art →	hasNotableArtist
Bauhaus →	keyFigure
Bauhaus movement →	notableMember
Expressionism →	notableProponent
Kunstmuseum Basel →	notableWorkBy
Bauhaus Weimar →	significantPerson