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Paul Klee exhibition in Paris (Musée de l'Orangerie)

Musée de l'Orangerie in Paris (c)AFP/JACQUES DEMARTHON

This exhibition, on display from April 14th -July 19, 2010, organized with the Beyeler Fondation from Basel (Switzerland) presents a selection of masterpieces by Swiss artist Paul Klee (1879-1940) collected since the 1940's by Ernst Beyeler.
The exhibition is comprised of 27 of Klee's paintings and drawings, 17 of which are from the Beyeler Foundation. Divided into three parts, it shows the artist's major creative periods: the First World War; the years when he taught at the Bauhaus and later in Dusseldorf; and finally his return to Switzerland at the end of the ´30s.
His works show influences from various movements like Expressionism, Surrealist and even Cubism, while keeping very personal features, especially his use of color. Klee taught at the renown German Bauhaus school of art, design and architecture, along with Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky. (Relaxnews)
See Musee de l'Orangerie Website.

Published 13.04.2010

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22.04.2010
Paul Klee
I went to see this exhibition the other day and it was really beautiful. The Orangerie is always a pleasure to go to and one never tires of the Water Lilies.

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22.04.2010
nosubject
This was a very short exhibition of the artist's later work. Definitely worth a visit.
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