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Paul Klee

Magic Garden 1926 oil on plaster-filled wire mesh 52.9 x 44.9 cm. Peggy Guggenheim Collection The painting surface Klee creates with the plaster and mesh for Magic Garden resembles that of a primordial substance.

Senecio 1922 oil on canvas mounted on panel, 40.5 x 38 cm, Kunstmuseum, Basel This portrait is sometimes called Head of a Man Going Senile, which gives you an idea of Klee ’ s sense of humor. Klee admired primitive art as well as children ’ s art. In this portrait one can see the influence of African art, the African mask in particular

Zitronin 1932 oil on canvas mounted on panel Klee was devoted to an ideal of painting that stemmed from German idealist metaphysics. He wrote a book called The Thinking Eye which tried to make a science of art and design, conceiving of visual equivalents for spiritual states. Klee ’ s images were symbols and signs that were an abstract visual language like musical notes are for music.

Freundschaft x 28 in. ink on paper This is a later work where the symbols are large and humorous.

Klee ’ s images were symbols and signs that were an abstract visual language like musical notes are for music.

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