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Paul Klee Biography
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1879 |
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Born: December 18, Münchenbuchsee, Switzerland
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1898 - 1901 |
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Studied in Munich with Heinrich Knirr, then at the Kunstakademie under Franz von Stuck
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1911 |
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Met Alexej Jawlensky, Vasily Kandinsky, August Macke, Franz Marc, and other avant-garde figures
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1914 |
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Helped found the Neue Münchner Secession
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1920 |
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Appointed to the faculty of the Bauhaus
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1924 |
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The Blaue Vier, consisting of Lyonel Feininger, Jawlensky, Kandinsky, and Klee, was founded
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1921 - 1926 |
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Taught at the Bauhaus in Weimar, Germany
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1926 - 1931 |
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Taught at the Bauhaus in Dessau, Germany
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1931 |
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Taught at the Akademie, Düsseldorf, Germany
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1933 |
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Forced by the Nazis to leave his position in Düsseldorf
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1940 |
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Died: June 29, Muralto-Locarno, Switzerland
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2008
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Paperweight, Mehdi Chouakri, Berlin
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2007
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Klang im Bild, Opelvillen, Russelsheim
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2006
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Picasso to Pop: Aspects of Modern Art, The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT
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2005
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Group Show, Galleria Torbandena, Trieste
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2004
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Der Blaue Reiter, Geschichte und Ideen, Stadtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus & Kunstbau, Munich
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2003
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Masterworks from El Greco to Picasso in the Phillips Collection, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
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2002
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"Nur Fabre" Galerie Thomas, Munich
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2001
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Works on Paper, Victoria Miro Gallery, London (England)
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2000
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Mensura, Galeria Emma Molina, Garza Garcia, NL
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1999
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Masterprints, Galerie nachst St. Stephan - Rosemaire Schwarzwalden, Vienna
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1979
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Paul Klee: Das Werk der Jahre 1919-1933, Gemalde, Handzeichnungen, Druckgraphik, Kunsthalle, Cologne, Germany
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1974
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Homage à Schönberg, Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany
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1973
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Paul Klee: The Bauhaus Years, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA (solo)
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1967
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Paul Klee: A Retrospective, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (solo)
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1967
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Paul Klee, Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland (solo)
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1963
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Paul Klee in Review, The Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado
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1956 - 1957
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Paul Klee, Hamburger Kunstverein, Germany (solo)
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1956
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Paul Klee, Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland (solo)
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1940
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Klee exhibition, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
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1937
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Entartete Kunst, Dessau, Germany
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1935
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Klee exhibitions, Bern and Basel, Switzerland (solo)
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1930
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Museum of Modern Art, New York
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1925
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Galerie Vavin-Raspail, Paris, France; Galerie Pierre, Paris, France
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1924
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Société Anonyme, New York
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1920
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Paul Klee: Retrospective, Galerie Hans Goltz, Munich, Germany
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1913
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Erste deutsche Herbstsalon, Der Sturm Gallery, Berlin, Germany
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1912
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Second Blaue Reiter exhibition, Galerie Hans Goltz, Munich, Germany
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1911
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Moderne Galerie, Munich, Germany
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1910
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Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland; Kunsthaus, Zurich (solo)
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1906
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Munich Secession, Germany
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