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Architecture Paul Klee, 1923
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Architecture

Paul Klee Β· 1923

Why it's great

Squares of dark and bright colors pile up like a city of towers at night, with each tiny square lit like a window. Paul Klee painted this in 1923 while he taught at the Bauhaus.

Where to see it

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About the artist

Paul Klee

1879–1940 Β· born in MΓΌnchenbuchsee Β· died in Muralto

Paul Klee was born near Bern, Switzerland, to a musical family and was also a talented violinist. He taught at the Bauhaus, a famous art school in Germany, and later fled the Nazis to Switzerland. His playful, imaginative paintings use lines, colors and symbols as if they were music. He died in Switzerland in 1940.

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