Paul Klee

(German, 1879–1940)

uberbrücktes by paul klee

Paul Klee

Uberbrücktes, 1931

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Biography

Timeline

1879
Born: December 18, Münchenbuchsee, Switzerland
1898 - 1901
Studied in Munich with Heinrich Knirr, then at the Kunstakademie under Franz von Stuck
1911
Met Alexej Jawlensky, Vasily Kandinsky, August Macke, Franz Marc, and other avant-garde figures
1914
Helped found the Neue Münchner Secession
1920
Appointed to the faculty of the Bauhaus
1921 - 1926
Taught at the Bauhaus in Weimar, Germany
1924
The Blaue Vier, consisting of Lyonel Feininger, Jawlensky, Kandinsky, and Klee, was founded
1926 - 1931
Taught at the Bauhaus in Dessau, Germany
1931
Taught at the Akademie, Düsseldorf, Germany
1933
Forced by the Nazis to leave his position in Düsseldorf

Exhibitions

2008
Paperweight, Mehdi Chouakri, Berlin
2007
Klang im Bild, Opelvillen, Russelsheim
2006
Picasso to Pop: Aspects of Modern Art, The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT
2005
Group Show, Galleria Torbandena, Trieste
2004
Der Blaue Reiter, Geschichte und Ideen, Stadtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus & Kunstbau, Munich
2003
Masterworks from El Greco to Picasso in the Phillips Collection, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
2002
"Nur Fabre" Galerie Thomas, Munich
2001
Works on Paper, Victoria Miro Gallery, London (England)
2000
Mensura, Galeria Emma Molina, Garza Garcia, NL
1999
Masterprints, Galerie nachst St. Stephan - Rosemaire Schwarzwalden, Vienna