Paul Klee was born on 18 December 1879 near Bern in Switzerland into the family of Hans Klee, a music teacher, and his wife Maria Frick, also a musician. As a boy Paul learned to play violin. As well as his training in music, he received a thorough classical education in the Literarschule in Bern. Ancient Greek, modern French, classic and contemporary French and German art, and literature were his favorites.
1914. Tempera on board. 27 x 22.5 cm. Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
1918. Watercolor on chalk ground. 18.3 x 25.4 cm. Paul Klee Foundation, Kunstmuseum, Berne, Switzerland.
1919. Oil on pasteboard. 48 x 41 cm. Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany.
1921. Oil on board. 50 x 61 cm. The Solomon R. Guggebheim Museum, New York, NY, USA.
1921. Watercolor. 43.8 x 30.8 cm. Tate Gallery, London, UK.
1921. Watercolor. 24.5 x 31.5 cm. Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
1921. Oil on cotton cloth. 37.5 x 52.2 cm. Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, Madrid, Spain.
1922. Oil on muslin primed with chalk. 31.8 x 31.1 cm. The Solomon R. Guggebheim Museum, New York, NY, USA.
1922. Oil on gauze. 40.5 x 38 cm. Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
1923. Watercolor on chalk ground. 51.4 x 37.2 cm. Paul Klee Foundation, Kunstmuseum, Berne, Switzerland.
1924. Watercolor on paper on board. 23.5 x 31.1 cm. Paul Klee Foundation, Kunstmuseum, Berne, Switzerland.
1924/34. Oil and watercolor on board. 50.2 x 67.2 cm. Private collection.
1925. Oil and watercolor varnished. 76.8 x 98.1 cm. The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
1926. Oil on panel. 54.5 x 44 cm. Huggler Foundation, Kunstmuseum, Bern, Switzerland.
1926. Oil on muslin. 36.3 x 39.3 cm. Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany.
1926. Tempera and oil. 46.3 x 64.1 cm. The Museum of Modern Arts, New York, NY, USA.
1927. Oil and watercolor on cadboard. 56.5 x 42.5 cm. Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, Madrid, Spain.
1929. Oil and watercolor on hessian. 50 x 35.5 cm. Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany.
1929. Watercolor. 46 x 30.5 cm. Paul Klee Foundation, Kunstmuseum, Berne, Switzerland.
1929. Oil on board. 37 x 36 cm. The Museum of Modern Arts, New York, NY, USA.
Paul Klee: Selected by Genius, 1917-33 by Roland Doschka, Ernst-Gerhard Guse, Christian Rumelin, Victoria Salley, Stadthalle Balingen. Prestel Publishing, 2001.
The Paul Klee Catalogue Raisonne, Volume 9 (1940) by The Paul Klee Foundation. Thames & Hudson, 2004.
The Diaries of Paul Klee, 1898-1918 by Paul Klee, Felix Klee (editor). University of California Press, 1964.
Paul Klee: 1879-1940 (Basic Art) by Susanna Partsch. Taschen, 2000.
Paul Klee: Painting Music (Pegasus Library) by Hajo Duchting. Prestel, 1997.
Paul Klee: The Nature of Creation/Works 1914-1940 by Robert Kudielka, Bridget Riley. Lund Humphries Publishers, 2002.
Klee, Kandinsky, and the Thought of Their Time: A Critical Perspective by Mark Roskill. University of Illinois Press, 1995
Paul Klee by Jean-Louis Ferrier. Vilo International, 1999.