Paul Klee

Paul Klee has the type of name that begs to be spoken with a British accent..He was born on December 18, 1879, in Munchenbuchsee, Switzerland. He was a painter who focused on Modern Art and was influenced by expressionism, cubism and surrealism. Before deciding to become an artist Klee played the violin with the Bern symphony orchestra. He then moved on from music to study etching and later painting at the Munich Art Academy for two years. Paul Klee studied and eventually mastered color theory, by which many of his works were based on. He is most known for his childlike use of watercolor and for being apart of the avant-garde circle Der Blaue Reiter co-founded by his friend Wassily Kandinsky. Klee later went on to work alongside Kandinsky, in 1922 at the German Bauhaus School of art and architecture. There he taught free-form painting and color in relation to nature.  Meanwhile he wrote famous essays and textbooks including Pädagogisches Skizzenbuch. Paul Klee died on June 29, 1940, in Switzerland.