Paul Klee

1879 - 1940

Place Born

Switzerland

Place Died

Switzerland

Bio

Born in Munchenbuchsee, Switzerland, he studied art at the Munich Academy of Fine Art (1898-1901) and later became associated with the Blaue Reiter group. He lived in Germany during the 1st World War and joined the German army in 1916. After the Armistice, Klee taught at the Bauhaus in Weimar & Dessau. He returned to Switzerland. A large number of his paintings on display in Germany were confiscated by the Nazis as degenerate.