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Comedian (Invention 4) by Paul Klee

Comedian (Invention 4)

Paul Klee · 1904

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DETAILS
Artist
Paul Klee
Date
1904
Location
Kunstmuseum Basel
Culture
Switzerland
ART MOVEMENTS
BauhausExpressionismPointillismSurrealism
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THE ARTIST

Paul Klee

1879–1940 · Kingdom of Prussia

Paul 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) Death in the Garden (Legend) 1919 · Art Institute of Chicago Schoolhouse Schoolhouse 1920 · Art Institute of Chicago The Firmament Above the Temple The Firmament Above the Temple 1922 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art Asiatic God Asiatic God 1924 · Art Institute of Chicago Still Life with Fragments Still Life with Fragments 1925 · Art Institute of Chicago Fleeing Ghost Fleeing Ghost 1929 · Art Institute of Chicago Strange Glance Strange Glance 1930 · Art Institute of Chicago Sunset Sunset 1930 · Art Institute of Chicago
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Beyond Klee and Expressionism: works from the same years, and from the other movements Comedian (Invention 4) belongs to.

The Old Guitarist Same movement · Surrealism The Old Guitarist Pablo Picasso · 1903 · Art Institute of Chicago Portrait of Natalia Goncharova Same era · 1880s–1910s Portrait of Natalia Goncharova Mikhail Larionov · 1903 Dada Gauguin Same movement · Surrealism Dada Gauguin Max Ernst · 1920 · Art Institute of Chicago Frauenkopf vor Sonnenblumen Same era · 1880s–1910s Frauenkopf vor Sonnenblumen Ernst Ludwig Kirchner · 1906 · Museum Frieder Burda The Eye Same movement · Surrealism The Eye René Magritte · 1932 · Art Institute of Chicago Mont Sainte-Victoire Same era · 1880s–1910s Mont Sainte-Victoire Paul Cézanne · 1904 · Detroit Institute of Arts Untitled (Desert Landscape) Same movement · Surrealism Untitled (Desert Landscape) Salvador Dalí · 1934 · Art Institute of Chicago Woman with a Helmet of Hair Same era · 1880s–1910s Woman with a Helmet of Hair Pablo Picasso · 1904 · Art Institute of Chicago
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