paul klee

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Paul Klee

1879- 1940

• Swiss painter of German nationality• Influenced by cubism, expressionism, and

surrealism• Wrote extensively about color theory• Was also a musician and liked to combine

ideas of music into his art• Taught at the Bauhaus school in Germany, a

school that combined the arts and crafts

“Color has taken possession of me; no longer do I have to chase after it, I know that it has hold of me forever... Color and I are one. I am a painter.”

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