Selected timeline of events related to Paul Klee
- born 18 December 1879 born Münchenbuchsee, Switzerland father German music teacher Hans Wilhelm Klee (1849–1940) mother Swiss singer Ida Marie Klee, née Frick (1855–1921).
- 1880 family moved to Bern
- 1886 violin classes at the Municipal Music School,
- 1886 - 1890, primary school
- 1890 gifted [1]
- 1892[File:Paul Klee 1892.jpg|thumb|right|50px|Paul Klee as schoolboy, 1892]
- 1895 His landscape drawings showed skill.[2]
- 1896
- 1897 Klee started his diary (1897-1918)
- 1898-1901(?) studies art at Academy of Fine Arts in Munich with Heinrich Knirr and Franz von Stuck.
- 1901-1902 Grand Tour (Rome, Florence, and Naples)[3] with Hermann Haller [4]
- 1903-5 eleven zinc-plate etchings called Inventions, first exhibited works grotesque characters.[4][5]
- 1903-5 11 zinc-plate etchings InventionsExhibited works, in which he illustrated several grotesque characters.[4][6]
- "Blaue Reiter", 1911
In January 1911 Alfred Kubin[7] 1911 Klee met Wilhelm Hausenstein in 1911.[8]
- 1911 Klee met August Macke , Wassily Kandinsky, editorial team Der Blaue Reiter, founded by Franz Marc and Kandinsky.[9] 1911 Klee important members Blaue Reiter[10]
- 1912 Paris Cubism abstract art Robert Delaunay Maurice de Vlaminck[11]
1913 In the Quarry (1913) Houses near the Gravel Pit (1913)[12] color[13]
- April 1914 Tunisia with August Macke and Louis Moilliet light[14][14][15][16]
- 1914 In the Style of Kairouan (1914)[17][18]
- 1919 The Bavarian Don Giovanni (1919).[19]
- 5 March 1916 military career World War I[20] conscripted Prussia or Imperial Germany) Deaths August Macke and Franz Marc
- several pen and ink lithographsDeath for the Idea (1915).[21] *1916 20 August Oberschleissheim, skilled manual work restoring aircraft camouflage
- 17 January 1917 Royal Bavarian flying school in Gersthofen clerkuntil the end of the war.[22][23]
- 1917 Klee sold art work. Best of the "new German artists".[24] Ab ovo[14]
- 1918Warning of the Ships.[25]
- 1922 Mature career
- 1919 3-year contract with dealer Hans Goltz's influential gallery: exposure and commercial success
- 1920 Retrospective c.300 works[26][27]
- January 1921 to April 1931 Klee taught at Bauhaus[28][29]
- 1922 Kandinsky joined Bauhaus staff Resumed friendship with Klee
- 1922 1st Bauhaus exhibition and festival[30][31]
- 1923 Klee member Die Blaue Vier (The Blue Four)(Kandinsky, Lyonel Feininger, Alexej von Jawlensky)
- 1925 Die Blaue Vier lectured exhibited in USA in 1925
- 1925 Klee's 1st exhibits in Paris Hit with French Surrealists.[32]
- 1928 Klee in Egypt
- 1929 1st major monograph Klee's work [33]
- 1931 to 1933 Klee taught Düsseldorf Academy (Nazi newspaper: "Then that great fellow Klee comes onto the scene, already famed as a Bauhaus teacher in Dessau. He tells everyone he's a thoroughbred Arab, but he's a typical Galician Jew."[34]
- 1930s Klee's home searched by Gestapo Klee fired from his job.[35][36] His self-portrait Struck from the List (1933)[34]
- 1933-4 Klee shows in London and Paris
- 1933-4 Met Pablo Picasso[37]
- late 1933 Klees emigrated to Switzerland[37]
- 1932 career peaked Ad Parnassum (1932) His masterpiece.[38][39]
- 1933 produced 500 works in Germany.[40]
- 1933 First symptoms of scleroderma
- 1921 Rainer Maria Rilke : Klee in 1921, "Even if you hadn’t told me he plays the violin, I would have guessed that on many occasions his drawings were transcriptions of music."[41]
- 1933 Pamela Kort observed: "Klee's 1933 drawings present their beholder with an unparalleled opportunity to glimpse a central aspect of his aesthetics that has remained largely unappreciated: his lifelong concern with the possibilities of parody and wit. Herein lies their real significance, particularly for an audience unaware that Klee's art has political dimensions."[42]
- 1916 and 1925 hand puppets Felix his son. not in his catalogue raisonné. at Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern.[43]
- 1903 and 1905 in the cycle "Inventionen" (Inventions),[44]
- June 1906 at the "Internationale Kunstausstellung des Vereins bildender Künstler Münchens 'Secession'" (International Art Exhibition of the Association for Graphic Arts, Munich, Secession), his first appearance as a painter in the public.[45]
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Dame mit Sonnenschirm, 1883–1885, pencil on paper on cardboard, Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern
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Hilterfingen, 1895, ink on paper, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
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Third Invention: Jungfrau im Baum, 1903, etching, Museum of Modern Art, New York
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Sixth Invention: Zwei Männer, einander in höherer Stellung vermutend, begegnen sich, 1903, etching, Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern
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Aged Phoenix, 1905, etching, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
- 1905: scratching on a blackened glass panel with a needle: 57 Verre églomisé pictures, among those the 1905 Gartenszene (Scene on a Garden) and the 1906 Porträt des Vaters (Portrait of a Father), with which he tried to combine painting and scratching.[46]
- 1911 Klee met and was inspired by Alfred Kubin Became associated the Blaue Reiter.[47]
- April 1914 12 days in Tunis in April 1914[48]
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Fenster und Palmen, 1914, watercolor on grounding on paper on cardboard, Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich
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In den Häusern von St. Germain, 1914, watercolor on paper on cardboard, Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern
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Föhn im Marc’schen Garten, 1915, watercolor on paper on cardboard, Lenbachhaus, Munich
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Acrobats, 1915, watercolor, pastel and ink on paper, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
- 1917 military service, painting Trauerblumen (Velvetbells), graphical signs, vegetal, phantastic shapes forerunner future works, combining graphic, color and object Birds appear Blumenmythos (Flower Myth) from 1918 WWI Flying/falling planes
- 1918 Einst dem Grau der Nacht enttaucht, poem incorporated letters[49]
- 1922 Bauhaus betroffener Ort (Affected Place) (1922), Camel (in rhythmic landscape with trees) , Die Zwitscher-Maschine (The Twittering Machine), National Gallery
- degenerate art[50] [51]
- 1925 der Goldfisch (The Goldfish)
- 1927 Limits of Reason
- 1928 Katze und Vogel (Cat and Bird)
- 1929 Hauptweg und Nebenwege (Mainway and Sideways).
- 1931 Transferred to Düsseldorf to teach in the Akademie
- the Nazis closed the Bauhaus.[52]
- 1920-1932 series of guardian angels "In Engelshut" (In the Angel's Care).[53]
- 1932 Ad Parnassum Düsseldorfer period. mosaic-like pointillism
- 1928 to 1929 trip to Egypt: pyramids. [54] [55]
- 1933 Klee's last year in Germany: 482 works von der Liste gestrichen[56]
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Red/Green Architecture (yellow/violet gradation), 1922, oil on canvas on cardboard mat, Yale University Art Gallery, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
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Senecio, 1922, oil on gauze, Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel
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Fright of a Girl, 1922, Watercolor, India ink and oil transfer drawing on paper, with India ink on paper mount, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
- Switzerland
- 1936 25 works 1936 catalogue
- 1937 264 pictures
- 1938 to 489, hieroglyphic-like element, Insula dulcamara
- 1939 1254 works. Musiker (musician), Revolution des Viadukts (Revolution of the Viadukt), Viadukt (1937)[57]
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Zeichen in Gelb, 1937, pastel on cotton on colored paste on jute on stretcher frame, Foundation Beyeler, Riehen near Basel
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Nach der Überschwemmung, 1936, wallpaper glue and watercolors on Ingres paper on cardboard
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Revolution des Viadukts, 1937, oil on oil grounding on cotton on stretcher frame, Hamburger Kunsthalle
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Die Vase, 1938, oil on jute, Foundation Beyeler, Riehen near Basel
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Heroische Rosen (Heroic Roses), 1938, oil on canvas, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf
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Insula dulcamara, 1938, oil color and colored paste on newsprint on jute on stretcher frame, Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern
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Ohne Titel (Letztes Stillleben), 1940, oil on canvas on stretcher frame, Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern
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Tod und Feuer (Death and Fire), 1940, oil on distemper on jute, Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern
- 1940 Ohne Titel, aka Der Todesengel (Angel of Death).[58]
- Death and Fire[59] His legacy comprises about 9,000 works of art.[13][60]
- 29 June 1940 Died in Muralto, Locarno, Switzerland.
- July 1940 Granted Swiss citizenship posthumously.
- In the years 1903-5 he also completed a cycle of eleven zinc-plate etchings called Inventions, his first exhibited works, in which he illustrated several grotesque characters.[4][61]
Publications
edit- Jardi, Enric (1991) Paul Klee, Rizzoli Intl Pubns, ISBN 0-8478-1343-6
- Kagan, Andrew (1993) Paul Klee at the Guggenheim Museum (exhibition catalogue) [1] Introduction by Lisa Dennison, essay by Andrew Kagan. 208 pages. English and Spanish editions. 1993, ISBN 978-0-89207-106-7
- Partsch, Susanna (2007). Klee (reissue) (in German). Cologne: Benedikt Taschen. ISBN 978-3-8228-6361-9.
- Rudloff, Diether (1982). Unvollendete Schöpfung: Künstler im zwanzigsten Jahrhundert (in German). ISBN 978-3-87838-368-0.
- Baumgartner, Michael; Klingsöhr-Leroy, Cathrin; Schneider, Katja (2010). Franz Marc, Paul Klee: Dialog in Bildern (in German) (1st ed.). Wädenswil: Nimbus Kunst und Bücher. ISBN 978-3-907142-50-9.
- Giedion-Welcker, Carola (1967). Klee (in German). Reinbek: Rowohlt. ISBN 978-3-499-50052-7.
- Glaesemer, Jürgen; Kersten, Wolfgang; Traffelet, Ursula (1996). Paul Klee: Leben und Werk (in German). Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz. ISBN 978-3-7757-0241-6.
- Rümelin, Christian (2004). Paul Klee: Leben und Werk. Munich: C. H. Beck. ISBN 3-406-52190-8.
Books, essays and lectures by Paul Klee
edit- 1922 Beiträge zur bildnerischen Formlehre ('Contributions to a pictorial theory of form', part of his 1921-2 lectures at the Bauhaus)
- 1923 Wege des Naturstudiums ('Ways of Studying Nature'), 4 pages. Published in the catalogue for the Erste Bauhaus Ausstellung (First Bauhaus Exhibition) in Summer 1923. Also published in Paul Klee Notebooks vol 1.
- 1924 Über moderne Kunst ('On Modern Art'), lecture held at Paul Klee's exhibition at the Kunstverein in Jena on 26 January 1924
- 1924 Pädagogisches Skizzenbuch ('Pedagogical Sketchbook')
- 1949 Documente und Bilder aus den Jahren 1896–1930, ('Documents and images from the years 1896–1930'), Berne, Benteli
- 1956 Graphik, ('Graphics'), Berne, Klipstein & Kornfeld
- 1956 Schriften zur Form und Gestaltungslehre ('Writings on form and design theory') edited by Jürg Spiller (English edition: 'Paul Klee Notebooks')
- 1956 Band I: Das bildnerische Denken., ('Volume I: the creative thinking'). 572 pages review. (English translation from German by Ralph Manheim: 'The thinking eye')
- 1964 Band 2: Unendliche Naturgeschichte ('Volume 2: Infinite Natural History') (English translation from German by Heinz Norden: 'The Nature of Nature')
- 1964 The Diaries of Paul Klee 1898–1918 ed. Felix Klee Berkeley, University of California
- 1976 Schriften, Rezensionen und Aufsätze edited by Ch. Geelhaar, Köln,
- 1960 Gedichte, poems, edited by Felix Klee
- 1962 Some poems by Paul Klee ed Anselm Hollo. London
References
edit- ^ Giedion-Welcker, p. 10-11
- ^ Kagan p. 54
- ^ Olga's Gallery Paul Klee
- ^ a b c d Cite error: The named reference
Partsch, p. 11
was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ “Invention” Paul Klee at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Francisco ARTinvestment.RU – 18 April 2009
- ^ “Invention” Paul Klee at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Francisco ARTinvestment.RU – 18 April 2009
- ^ Beate Ofczarek, Stefan Frey: Chronologie einer Freundschaft. Michael Baumgartner, Cathrin Klingsöhr-Leroy, Katja Schneider, p. 207
- ^ Thomas Kain, Mona Meister, Franz-Joachim Verspohl, Jena 1999, p. 90
- ^ Jardi, p. *1911
- ^ Göttler: Der Blaue Reiter, p. 118
- ^ Partsch, p. 18
- ^ Jardi, plate 7, 9
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
Kagan, p. 23
was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b c Partsch, p. 20
- ^ Partsch, pp. 24–5
- ^ Kagan, p. 33
- ^ Partsch, p. 27
- ^ Kagan, p. 27, 29.
- ^ Kagan, p. 35
- ^ Partsch, p. 31
- ^ Reproduced alongside Gerg Traki's poem in Zeit-Echo 1915.A reverse ekphrasis.
- ^ Beate Ofczarek, Stefan Frey: Chronologie einer Freundschaft, pp. 214 et seqq
- ^ Partsch, p. 35
- ^ Partsch, p. 36
- ^ Partsch, p. 40
- ^ Partsch, p. 44
- ^ Anger, Jenny. Paul Klee and the Decorative in Modern Art, Cambridge University Press 2004 pp120–122
- ^ Geelhaar, Christian (1972). Paul Klee und das Bauhaus. DuMont Schauberg, Köln, p. 9
- ^ Jardi, p. 17
- ^ Jardi, p. 18
- ^ Partsch, p. 48
- ^ Jardi, pp. 18–9
- ^ Jardi, p. 20
- ^ a b Partsch, p. 73
- ^ The private Klee: Works by Paul Klee from the Bürgi Collection Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, 12 August - 20 October 2000
- ^ Partsch, p. 55
- ^ a b Jardi, p. 23
- ^ Partsch, p. 64
- ^ Kagan, p. 42
- ^ Partsch, p. 74
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Jardi, p. 8
was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Paul Klee 1933 at www.culturekiosque.com
- ^ Daniel Kupper: Paul Klee. p. 81
- ^ Christian Rümelin: Paul Klee. Leben und Werk, München 2004, pp. 12 et seq. online
- ^ Beate Ofczarek, Stefan Frey: Chronologie einer Freundschaft, p. 203
- ^ Giedion-Welcker, Klee, pp. 22–25
- ^ Temkin, Ann . "Klee, Paul." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web.
- ^ "Paul Klee". Meisterwerke der Kunst, Isis Verlag. Archived from the original on 9 January 2009. Retrieved 25 September 2008.
- ^ "Kunst öffnet Augen". augen.de. Archived from the original on 9 January 2009. Retrieved 26 October 2008.
- ^ Partsch, p. 94
- ^ Siglind Bruhn: Das tönende Museum, Gorz Verlag 2004, pp. 34 et seqq
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 29 April 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
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- ^ Partsch: Klee, p. 67
- ^ Berggruen, "Paul Klee—In Search of Natural Signs" in The Writing of Art (London: Pushkin Press, 2011), 63.
- ^ Partsch: Klee, p. 75
- ^ Partsch: Klee, p. 92
- ^ Partsch: Klee, p. 76–83
- ^ Partsch, p. 80
- ^ Partsch, p. 84
- ^ “Invention” Paul Klee at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Francisco ARTinvestment.RU – 18 April 2009