Brief Biography-Paul Klee was born in Münchenbuchsee, Switzerland. Both of his parents were musically inclined; he was first trained as a violinist but was also a gifted poet. Art, however, was his choice of profession, and he went to Munich to study under Franz Ritter von Stuck in 1898. He returned to work in Berne until 1906, when he got married and moved back to Munich to exhibit his works afterwards. The paintings of artists such as Van Gogh and Matisse influenced him, whose use of colour impressed him most, even though his images were typically black and white. However, the works of the Blaue Reiter artists and Robert Delaunayinspired him to the utmost. His colour transition came about when he was overwhelmed by the light of Tunisia, which he visited with August Mache and Louis Moilliet in 1914.
He went through troubled times when his friends Franz Marc and August Macke were killed during the war; however, after being enlisted into the army, he was able to continue with some of his works.
In 1920, he entered the Bauhaus to teach, followed by Wassily Kandinsky a year later. By this time, his spirits and financial position had improved significantly. He enjoyed a successful career exhibiting and travelling; he visited Egypt, where he gained much inspiration. In the 1930s, the swiftly changing political developments led to the closure of the Bauhaus, and he joined the Düsseldorf Academy to teach in 1931. Unfortunately, in 1933, he had to resign and return to Berne after his art was held up as degenerate by the Nazi regime.
He entered a productive period back in his homeland, his work became more famous, and he continued to travel. In 1935 however, he was diagnosed with an incurable disease. He was able to work intermittently during the following years, but he died in n 1940.