Paul Klee in WWII

Paul Klee in WWII

Paul Klee

A Swiss-born German painter and printmaker who defined the 20th century. Influenced by Expressionism, Cubism, Surrealism, and abstract art, he created works that uniquely combined line, color, geometric form, symbols, and musical composition. Using a wide range of techniques including watercolor, oil, drawing, and printmaking, he is said to have produced over 10,000 works in his lifetime. At the Bauhaus, he taught alongside Wassily Kandinsky and others, becoming a vital figure as a theorist of modern art.

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Year Paul Klee
1879
Birth of Paul Klee (Period: December 18, 1879, Location: Münchenbuchsee (currently a municipality in the Canton of Bern, Switzerland))
1898
Beginning of art education in Munich (Age: 18 years old, Period: 1898–1901, Location: Munich, Germany)
1901
Trip to Italy (Age: 21 years old, Period: 1901–1902, Location: Various locations in Italy)
1906
Marriage to Lily Stumpf (Age: 26 years old, Period: 1906, Location: Bern, Switzerland)
Public debut of early works (Age: 26 years old, Period: 1906, Location: Munich, Germany)
Marriage (Paul Klee, Lily Stumpf, Age: 26 years old, Period: September 15, 1906, Location: Bern, Switzerland)
1911
Relationship with the Blue Rider (Der Blaue Reiter, Age: 31 years old, Period: 1911–1912, Location: Munich, Germany)
1914
World War I (Age: 34 years old, Period: 1914–1918, Location: Western Front, Belgium and France)
Trip to Tunisia and shift in color expression (Age: 34 years old, Period: 1914, Location: Tunisia, especially around Tunis and Kairouan)
1916
Creation activities during World War I (Age: 36 years old, Period: 1916–1918, Location: Military facilities and air units within Germany)
1918
German Revolution and Bavarian Revolution (German Revolution of 1918, Age: 38 years old, Period: 1918–1919, Location: Munich and surrounding Bavaria)
1921
Appointment as a Bauhaus professor (Age: 41 years old, Period: 1921–1931, Location: Weimar, later Dessau, Germany)
1928
Trip to Egypt (Age: 48 years old, Period: 1928–1929, Location: Egypt)
1931
Appointment as a professor at the Düsseldorf Art Academy (Age: 51 years old, Period: 1931, Location: Düsseldorf, Germany)
1933
Persecution and dismissal of Klee by the Nazi regime (Age: 53 years old, Period: 1933, Location: Düsseldorf, Germany, and Berlin, etc.)
Return to Bern (Age: 53 years old, Period: Late 1933, Location: Bern, Switzerland)
1937
Ostracization of works through the "Degenerate Art" (Entartete Kunst) exhibition (Age: 57 years old, Period: 1937, Location: Munich, Germany)
Prolific creation in later years (Age: 57 years old, Period: 1937–1939, Location: Bern, Switzerland)
1940
Death of Paul Klee (Age: 60 years old, Period: June 29, 1940)

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