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Paul Klee: Oils, Watercolours, Drawings and Prints
A total of two hundred works – oils, watercolours, drawings and prints – by Paul Klee (1879-1940) are on show at the Fundació Joan Miró until 28 June. The exhibition has been organised by the Juan March Foundation in collaboration with the Fundació Joan Miró, with the support of la Caixa de Barcelona. The works come from the Paul Klee Foundation of the Kunstmuseum Bern, Galerie Beyeler in Basel and the collaboration of the painter’s son, Felix Klee.
The 96 oils and watercolours and 106 drawings and prints that make up the Klee exhibition were produced by the artist between 1901 and 1940, the year of his death. Klee’s paintings during this period reflect a variety of styles: figurative experiences along the lines of traditional Realism; later contacts with Impressionism, Surrealism and Cubism; Abstract Expressionism and experimental research during his time at the Bauhaus; ‘Divisionist’ endeavours; and his later works, which reveal his obsession with death.
An artist and professor at the Bauhaus, Paul Klee is regarded, together with Kandinsky, as a pioneer in bringing a new spiritual dimension to Western art.
With the originality and dynamism of his ‘graphics’, Paul Klee’s work has influenced various schools and styles of contemporary art.
