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Virgin (dreaming) by Paul Klee

Virgin (dreaming)

Paul Klee · 1903

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Artist
Paul Klee
Date
1903
Location
Museum of Modern Art
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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Beyond Klee and Expressionism: works from the same years, and from the other movements Virgin (dreaming) 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 Carmelina Same era · 1880s–1910s Carmelina Henri Matisse · 1903 · Museum of Fine Arts Boston Untitled (Desert Landscape) Same movement · Surrealism Untitled (Desert Landscape) Salvador Dalí · 1934 · Art Institute of Chicago Composition with Figures and a Horse Same era · 1880s–1910s Composition with Figures and a Horse Paul Gauguin · 1902 · Nationalmuseum
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