Paul Klee

Swiss | 1879 - 1940

Paul Klee was a Swiss Impressionist & Modern artist who was born in 1879. His work is currently being shown at multiple venues like Zentrum Paul Klee in Bern. Numerous key galleries and museums such as SFMOMA, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art have featured Paul Klee's work in the past.Paul Klee's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 1 USD to 6,791,965 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 1998 the record price for this artist at auction is 6,791,965 USD for Tänzerin, sold at Christie's London in 2011. In the past 12 months, his works on paper have averaged 152,964 USD, while his paintings have sold for an average of 83,230 USD.Paul Klee has been featured in articles for ArtDaily, The Guardian and Artmajeur Magazine. The most recent article is From Toys to Means of Transport: Balloons in Art written for Daily Art Magazine in January 2025. The artist died in 1940.

Artist's alternative names: P. Klee

Featured for Sale

Fire at full moon 1933 ,1933

By Paul Klee

Műgyüjtők Háza

SLEEPING ANIMALS

By Paul Klee

Ro Gallery

Paul KLEE - The Man with the Pear Tree

By Paul Klee

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Notable Lots

Schicksalstunde um dreiviertel zwölf - Paul Klee

Schicksalstunde um dreiviertel zwölf ,1922

By Paul Klee

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Gartenfigur

By Paul Klee

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Heiliger Bezirk

By Paul Klee

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Upcoming Lots

Cartomancy

By Paul Klee

Gardner Galleries

SLEEPING ANIMALS

By Paul Klee

Ro Gallery

PAUL KLEE [SWISS/GERMAN] 1879-1940 [ATTR.] UNTITLED COMPOSITION - Paul Klee

PAUL KLEE [SWISS/GERMAN] 1879-1940 [ATTR.] UNTITLED COMPOSITION ,1879

Attributed to Paul Klee

WA Art Auctions

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Post-Auction Lots for Sale

The Man with the Pear Tree

By Paul Klee

TGP Auction

Blue-eyed fish ,1956

By Paul Klee

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Happy character

By Paul Klee

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Recent Auction Results

Park ,1920

By Paul Klee

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Grisebach

Paul Klee Framed Winter Original 1938 Signed Lithograph

By Paul Klee

KCM Galleries

12 AQUARELLES AT BERGGRUEN & CIE - Paul Klee

12 AQUARELLES AT BERGGRUEN & CIE ,1964

By Paul Klee

Ro Gallery

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Current Exhibitions

Kahnweiler & Rupf. A friendship between Paris and Bern

Kunstmuseum Bern

Bern | Switzerland

Nov 22,2024 - Mar 23,2025

Paper, Color, Line: European Master Drawings from the Wadsworth Atheneum

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art

Hartford | Connecticut | USA

Jan 16,2025 - Apr 27,2025

"Degenerate" Art : Modern Art On Trial Under The Nazis

Musée Picasso Paris

3e | Paris | France

Feb 18,2025 - May 25,2025

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Articles

From Toys to Means of Transport: Balloons in Art

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Coverage

“ ..It was a motif that Klee often used in his works throughout his career... ”
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McNay Art Museum

“ ..Klee began his study of man early in his work, with anatomical drawings... ”
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Zentrum Paul Klee

“ ..Klee`s cosmos proves a universal cycle of ideas and images, an Orbis Pictus, through which the artist seeks to grasp, interpret and encrypt the world all at the same time... ”
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The Berggruen Collection (Sammlung Berggruen)

“ ..These paintings, drawings, and watercolors offer invaluable insights into the oeuvre of this remarkably multifaceted artist while providing a wide-ranging overview of Klee’s virtually inexhaustible creativity... ”
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K21, Kunstsammlung NRW