DETAILS
- Artist
- Paul Klee
- Date
- 1914
- Medium
- etching
- Location
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Dimensions
- [object Object]
- Collection
- Prints
- Culture
- Germany, 20th century
- Credit line
- Gift of Henry Steinberg in memory of his wife, Lillian B. Steinberg
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THE ARTIST
Paul Klee
1879–1940 · Kingdom of PrussiaPaul Klee was a Swiss-born German artist. His highly individual style was influenced by movements in art that included expressionism, cubism, and surrealism.
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Death in the Garden (Legend)
1919 · Art Institute of Chicago
Schoolhouse
1920 · Art Institute of Chicago
The Firmament Above the Temple
1922 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Asiatic God
1924 · Art Institute of Chicago
Still Life with Fragments
1925 · Art Institute of Chicago
Fleeing Ghost
1929 · Art Institute of Chicago
Strange Glance
1930 · Art Institute of Chicago
Sunset
1930 · Art Institute of Chicago
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Beyond Klee and Expressionism: works from the same years, and from the other movements Small World belongs to.
Same movement · Surrealism
Dada Gauguin
Max Ernst · 1920 · Art Institute of Chicago
Same era · 1890s–1920s
Lozenge Composition with Yellow, Black, Blue, Red, and Gray
Piet Mondrian · 1921 · Art Institute of Chicago
Same movement · Surrealism
The Old Guitarist
Pablo Picasso · 1903 · Art Institute of Chicago
Same era · 1890s–1920s
Zwei Akte im Raum
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner · 1914 · Albertina
Same movement · Surrealism
The Eye
René Magritte · 1932 · Art Institute of Chicago
Same era · 1890s–1920s
Bull's Head
Mikhail Larionov · 1913 · Tretyakov Gallery
Same movement · Surrealism
Untitled (Desert Landscape)
Salvador Dalí · 1934 · Art Institute of Chicago
Same era · 1890s–1920s
The Lineman
Ivan Puni · 1927 · Art Institute of Chicago
Same movement · Surrealism
Figure with Meat
Francis Bacon · 1954 · Art Institute of Chicago
Same era · 1890s–1920s
Street Cart
Egon Schiele · 1914 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Same era · 1890s–1920s
The Magic Foot-ball, 'I thought you were wrong,' he said in triumph. 'You said it was nine! Stupid!'
Norman Rockwell · 1914 · Norman Rockwell Museum
Same era · 1890s–1920s
Irises
Claude Monet · 1915 · National Gallery
Same era · 1890s–1920s
Man with a Pipe
Pablo Picasso · 1915 · Art Institute of Chicago
Same era · 1890s–1920s
Sellar Alp, Dolomites
John Singer Sargent · 1913 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Same era · 1890s–1920s
Still Life with Glass, Dice, Newspaper and Playing Card
Georges Braque · 1913 · Art Institute of Chicago
Same era · 1890s–1920s
Laurette with a Cup of Coffee
Henri Matisse · 1916 · Art Institute of Chicago
Same era · 1890s–1920s
Maude Adams (1872–1953) as Joan of Arc
Alphonse Mucha · 1909 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art