Signs in Yellow, 1937, Paul Klee, Swiss-German, [no. 22–03-20]

Signs in Yellow, 1937, Paul Klee
ARTWORK Collection
[no. 22-03-20]

Paul Klee (1879 – 1940) was a Swiss-born German 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 and his colleague, Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky, both taught at the Bauhaus school of art, design and architecture in Germany. His works reflect his dry humor and his sometimes childlike perspective, his personal moods and beliefs, and his musicality.