Paul Klee - Postcards

Paul Klee (1879-1940), a German-Swiss artist, influenced the concept of modern art like hardly anyone else. With his mosaic-like composed works, he created a completely new style. Understated figurative illustrations full of wit and humor became his trademark. His works are mostly small formats, often just drawings, that virtually captivate the viewer. They reflect Klee’s dry humor and his sometimes childlike perspective, his personal moods and beliefs, and his musicality. Klee worked in many different media - oil paint, watercolor, ink, pastel, etching, and others. He regularly combined them into one work. He used canvas, burlap, muslin, linen, gauze, cardboard, metal foils, fabric, wallpaper, and newsprint. Klee employed spray paint, knife application, stamping, glazing, and impasto, and mixed media such as oil with watercolor, watercolor with pen and India ink, and oil with tempera.