Paul Klee Bauhaus Artists

Gropius envisioned having a place where a variety of different art styles could be taught under one roof.
Paul klee bauhaus artists. 18 december 1879 29 june 1940 was a swiss born artist his highly individual style was influenced by movements in art that included expressionism cubism and surrealism klee was a natural draftsman who experimented with and eventually deeply explored color theory writing about it extensively. He was also a student of orientalism. Klee along with other teachers at bauhaus particularly kandinsky has managed to formalize and shape the tenets of modern design and abstract art. Paul klee death and fire 1940 paul klee bauhaus.
His highly individual style was influenced by movements in art that included expressionism cubism and surrealism. Paul klee 1879 1940 has been called many things. His early works were black and white drawings since he was afraid that he could not master the usage of color. Paul klee 18 december 1879 29 june 1940 was born in munchenbuchsee switzerland and is considered both a german and a swiss painter.
Staatliches bauhaus was a school for the arts founded in 1919 by walter gropius. A father of abstract art a bauhaus master the progenitor of surrealism and by many an art histo. Klee is known for his signature style or approach to art making one that included animating the elements of art and also infusing it with an element of magic. Klee resigned from his bauhaus position in 1931 to begin a new post at the art academy in dusseldorf while the dissolution of the school in dessau in 1932 saw kandinsky move to berlin.
Lehrer am bauhaus exhibition catalogue zentrum paul klee bern also available as an ebook. The couple told him their stories and described life at the bauhaus with their fellow artists and teachers walter gropius paul klee wassily kandinsky ludwig mies van der rohe who were all immensely important artists and thought provoking creators equally devoted to theory and practice. However with the rise to power of the national socialists in 1933 germany became a dangerous place for both artists to live.
