PAUL KLEE: 

CAT & BIRD

Here are some facts about Paul Klee, the famous painter.

·                 His style doesn’t fall into just one artistic movement. He borrows from  Cubism, Surrealism and Expressionism.

·         Paul Klee was involved in World War 1, but he never served on the front line. He continued to paint abstract art during the war and was gaining popularity.

·         Klee taught art at the Bauhaus school in Germany but he was forced to leave by the Nazi party after his house was searched by the Gestapo.

·         He produced the work Ad Parnassum  in 1932, one of his most well-known paintings.

·         In 1933 he completed more than 500 pieces of work, and in 1939, he completed 1200. He finished more than 9000 pieces of art in his lifetime.

·         In the latter years of his life, Klee suffered from scleroderma, a wasting disease. He died on 29th June 1940. He is buried at Schlosshaldenfriedhof in Switzerland.

  Students studied Cat & Bird for our upcoming Art Sale.