Klee, Paul 1879-1940
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Works: | 5,451 works in 11,583 publications in 13 languages and 116,636 library holdings |
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Genres: | Criticism, interpretation, etc Biographies Exhibition catalogs Juvenile works Fiction Literature Diaries Music Short stories Catalogs |
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Roles: | Author, Illustrator, Contributor, Artist, Other, Honoree, Editor, Creator, Dedicatee, wst, Bibliographic antecedent, Engraver, Author of introduction, Recipient, Collector |
Classifications: | ND588.K5, 759.9494 |
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Most widely held works about
Paul Klee
- Paul Klee by Will Grohmann( Book )
- Crescent moon over the rational : philosophical interpretations of Paul Klee by Stephen H Watson( )
- The diaries of Paul Klee, 1898-1918 by Paul Klee( Book )
- Paul Klee by Ernest Lloyd Raboff( Book )
- Paul Klee by Paul Klee( )
- Klee : a study of his life and work by G Di San Lazzaro( Book )
- Paul Klee by Paul Klee( Book )
- Between word and image : Heidegger, Klee, and Gadamer on gesture and genesis by Dennis J Schmidt( )
- Paul Klee by Mike Venezia( Book )
- Paul Klee by Sandra Forty( )
- Klee : biographical and critical study by Nello Ponente( Book )
- The mind and work of Paul Klee by Werner Haftmann( Book )
- Paul Klee/art & music by Andrew Kagan( Book )
- Paul Klee : his work and thought by Marcel Franciscono( Book )
- Paul Klee and the Bauhaus by Christian Geelhaar( Book )
- Klee by Donald Wigal( )
- Klee, Kandinsky, and the thought of their time : a critical perspective by Mark W Roskill( Book )
- Paul Klee--painting and music by Hajo Düchting( Book )
- Klee by Denys Chevalier( Book )
- Paul Klee by Jill A Laidlaw( Book )
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Most widely held works by
Paul Klee
Pedagogical sketchbook by
Paul Klee(
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77 editions published between 1925 and 2018 in 7 languages and held by 1,236 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Klee collected his observations in his Pedagogical Sketchbook, intended as the basis for the course in design theory at the famous Bauhaus art school in Germany"--Back cover
77 editions published between 1925 and 2018 in 7 languages and held by 1,236 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Klee collected his observations in his Pedagogical Sketchbook, intended as the basis for the course in design theory at the famous Bauhaus art school in Germany"--Back cover
On modern art by
Paul Klee(
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95 editions published between 1945 and 1989 in 9 languages and held by 1,114 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This book contains the essence of Klee's philosophy of painting and is probably the finest, clearest description of abstract art as understood by the creator and not the critic. Klee's genius as a guide was to transform exact scientific observation - which event he layman can grasp - into inspired imaginative interpretations of the human mind and the symbolic patterns it makes of the natural world
95 editions published between 1945 and 1989 in 9 languages and held by 1,114 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This book contains the essence of Klee's philosophy of painting and is probably the finest, clearest description of abstract art as understood by the creator and not the critic. Klee's genius as a guide was to transform exact scientific observation - which event he layman can grasp - into inspired imaginative interpretations of the human mind and the symbolic patterns it makes of the natural world
Paul Klee: the thinking eye; the notebooks of Paul Klee by
Paul Klee(
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51 editions published between 1956 and 2013 in German and English and held by 800 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"The writings which compose Paul Klee's theory of form production and pictorial form have the same importance and the same meaning for modern art as had Leonardo's writings which composed his theory of painting for Renaissance art. Like the latter, they do not constitute a true and proper treatise, that is to say a collection of stylistic and technical rules, but are the result of an introspective analysis which the artist engages in during his work and in the light of the experience of reality which comes to him in the course of his work. This analysis which accompanies and controls the formation of a work of art is a necessary component of the artistic process, the aim and the finality of which are brought to light by it . . ." So writes Giulio Carlo Argan in his Preface to this first volume of Klee's notebooks. The backbone of his Bauhaus courses was provided by the lecture notes contained in 'Contributions to a Theory of Pictorial Form' which are here published in their entirety. From more than 2,500 pages of the notebooks (consisting of memoranda, teaching projects, constructive drawings, and sketches for his pictures) it has been possible to reconstruct additional courses of instruction. Also included are the 'Creative Credo', 'Ways of Nature Study', the Jena lecture of 1924 and the essay' Exact Experiments in the Realm of Art'. The volume includes a magnificent collection of over one thousand drawings which illustrate the notes, as well as 188 half-tone illustrations, eight of these reproduced in full color
51 editions published between 1956 and 2013 in German and English and held by 800 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"The writings which compose Paul Klee's theory of form production and pictorial form have the same importance and the same meaning for modern art as had Leonardo's writings which composed his theory of painting for Renaissance art. Like the latter, they do not constitute a true and proper treatise, that is to say a collection of stylistic and technical rules, but are the result of an introspective analysis which the artist engages in during his work and in the light of the experience of reality which comes to him in the course of his work. This analysis which accompanies and controls the formation of a work of art is a necessary component of the artistic process, the aim and the finality of which are brought to light by it . . ." So writes Giulio Carlo Argan in his Preface to this first volume of Klee's notebooks. The backbone of his Bauhaus courses was provided by the lecture notes contained in 'Contributions to a Theory of Pictorial Form' which are here published in their entirety. From more than 2,500 pages of the notebooks (consisting of memoranda, teaching projects, constructive drawings, and sketches for his pictures) it has been possible to reconstruct additional courses of instruction. Also included are the 'Creative Credo', 'Ways of Nature Study', the Jena lecture of 1924 and the essay' Exact Experiments in the Realm of Art'. The volume includes a magnificent collection of over one thousand drawings which illustrate the notes, as well as 188 half-tone illustrations, eight of these reproduced in full color
Paul Klee, figures and faces by
Margaret Plant(
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3 editions published in 1978 in English and held by 776 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
3 editions published in 1978 in English and held by 776 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Paul Klee : the nature of creation, works 1914-1940 by
Robert Kudielka(
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15 editions published in 2002 in English and held by 760 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Featuring an essay by Robert Kudielka, this book brings to the fore the seminal role Paul Klee had in the development of 20th-century art and asserts the continuing relevance of his work today
15 editions published in 2002 in English and held by 760 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Featuring an essay by Robert Kudielka, this book brings to the fore the seminal role Paul Klee had in the development of 20th-century art and asserts the continuing relevance of his work today
Paul Klee and cubism by
Jim M Jordan(
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7 editions published in 1984 in English and held by 726 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
7 editions published in 1984 in English and held by 726 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Klee by
Norbert Lynton(
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6 editions published between 1964 and 1975 in English and held by 700 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
6 editions published between 1964 and 1975 in English and held by 700 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Paul Klee : the Berggruen Klee collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art by
Sabine Rewald(
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5 editions published in 1988 in English and held by 593 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
5 editions published in 1988 in English and held by 593 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Candide, Zadig, and selected stories by
Voltaire(
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1 edition published in 1961 in English and held by 592 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
With Candide-a classic parody of the romantic, coming-of-age story-and the fifteen other stories in this indispensible collection, Voltaire derided the bureaucracies of his day with ruthless wit. His dissections of science, spiritual faith, legal systems, vanity, and love make him the undisputed master of social commentary
1 edition published in 1961 in English and held by 592 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
With Candide-a classic parody of the romantic, coming-of-age story-and the fifteen other stories in this indispensible collection, Voltaire derided the bureaucracies of his day with ruthless wit. His dissections of science, spiritual faith, legal systems, vanity, and love make him the undisputed master of social commentary
Paul Klee, his life and work in documents, selected from posthumous writings and unpublished letters by
Felix Klee(
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2 editions published in 1962 in English and held by 536 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
2 editions published in 1962 in English and held by 536 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Paul Klee by
Donald Wigal(
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2 editions published in 2011 in French and held by 461 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Paul Klee fut un de ces artistes difficilement classables au sein des grands mouvements de l'histoire de l'art. Proche de Wassily Kandinsky et de Franz Marc, il s'associa au groupe expressionniste Der Blaue Reiter. Plus tard, il prit part à l'épopée Bauhaus en y dispensant des cours de peinture. Pourtant, celui selon lequel l'art n'était pas fait pour reproduire mais pour rendre visible, ne devait pas se limiter aux carcans d'un mouvement aussi innovant soit-il. Dans ses toiles à la lumière orientale, Klee mêla subtilement les tendances de ce début de XXe siècle. À l'Expressionisme allemand, i
2 editions published in 2011 in French and held by 461 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Paul Klee fut un de ces artistes difficilement classables au sein des grands mouvements de l'histoire de l'art. Proche de Wassily Kandinsky et de Franz Marc, il s'associa au groupe expressionniste Der Blaue Reiter. Plus tard, il prit part à l'épopée Bauhaus en y dispensant des cours de peinture. Pourtant, celui selon lequel l'art n'était pas fait pour reproduire mais pour rendre visible, ne devait pas se limiter aux carcans d'un mouvement aussi innovant soit-il. Dans ses toiles à la lumière orientale, Klee mêla subtilement les tendances de ce début de XXe siècle. À l'Expressionisme allemand, i
Paul Klee by
Jean-Louis Ferrier(
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6 editions published in 1999 in English and French and held by 425 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Jean-Louis Ferrier's highly original interpretation offers us a new point of entrance into Paul Klee's playful, mysterious world. Of the artist's corpus of 8,926 works, 140 are illustrated here. Born into a family of musicians, Klee long hesitated between painting and the violin, and music remained a major source of inspiration. His quest to geometrize the subject and his work on materials, line and colour proved seminal. He began teaching at the Bauhaus in 1920, making a major contribution to the development of the visual arts. To this distinguished teaching career we owe his celebrated theoretical works, notably the Pedagogical Sketch Book."--Jacket
6 editions published in 1999 in English and French and held by 425 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Jean-Louis Ferrier's highly original interpretation offers us a new point of entrance into Paul Klee's playful, mysterious world. Of the artist's corpus of 8,926 works, 140 are illustrated here. Born into a family of musicians, Klee long hesitated between painting and the violin, and music remained a major source of inspiration. His quest to geometrize the subject and his work on materials, line and colour proved seminal. He began teaching at the Bauhaus in 1920, making a major contribution to the development of the visual arts. To this distinguished teaching career we owe his celebrated theoretical works, notably the Pedagogical Sketch Book."--Jacket
Pedagogical sketchbook by
Paul Klee(
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57 editions published between 1940 and 2000 in 3 languages and held by 420 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
57 editions published between 1940 and 2000 in 3 languages and held by 420 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Paul Klee : the Düsseldorf Collection by
Werner Schmalenbach(
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7 editions published in 1986 in English and German and held by 388 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Gennemgang af kunstnerens billeder i Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen i Düsseldorf
7 editions published in 1986 in English and German and held by 388 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Gennemgang af kunstnerens billeder i Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen i Düsseldorf
The mind and work of Paul Klee by
Werner Haftmann(
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9 editions published between 1950 and 1974 in English and German and held by 386 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
9 editions published between 1950 and 1974 in English and German and held by 386 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Paul Klee notebooks. by
Paul Klee(
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30 editions published between 1961 and 1992 in English and held by 383 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
30 editions published between 1961 and 1992 in English and held by 383 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Paul Klee's pictorial writing by
Kathryn Porter Aichele(
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3 editions published in 2002 in English and held by 382 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Paul Klee's Pictorial Writing examines the artist's appropriation of verbal signs, literary texts, and written scripts in his pictorial works. K. Porter Aichele's study is the first to examine how linguistic symbols function in Klee's work and what they mean. Reconstructing the artist's rich cultural milieu from his diaries, letters, lecture notes, and visual allusions, Aichele shows how these sources provide the framework for fresh interpretations of works ranging from letter forms in pictorial settings to invented visual texts. Historically contextualized and interpreted as pictorial writing, Klee's familiar line drawings are shown to be a radical reinterpretation of the ut pictora poesis tradition of visual texts that question whether there is a substantive difference between writing and drawing. Aichele's multilayered readings of works from every decade of Klee's career demonstrate that the artist's doubly coded language was his most far-reaching contribution to the aesthetics of modernism."--Jacket
3 editions published in 2002 in English and held by 382 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Paul Klee's Pictorial Writing examines the artist's appropriation of verbal signs, literary texts, and written scripts in his pictorial works. K. Porter Aichele's study is the first to examine how linguistic symbols function in Klee's work and what they mean. Reconstructing the artist's rich cultural milieu from his diaries, letters, lecture notes, and visual allusions, Aichele shows how these sources provide the framework for fresh interpretations of works ranging from letter forms in pictorial settings to invented visual texts. Historically contextualized and interpreted as pictorial writing, Klee's familiar line drawings are shown to be a radical reinterpretation of the ut pictora poesis tradition of visual texts that question whether there is a substantive difference between writing and drawing. Aichele's multilayered readings of works from every decade of Klee's career demonstrate that the artist's doubly coded language was his most far-reaching contribution to the aesthetics of modernism."--Jacket
Paul Klee and the decorative in modern art by
Jenny Anger(
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1 edition published in 2004 in English and held by 347 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"One of the goals of modernism was the representation of the essence of art, or pure form. In this study, Jenny Anger examines Paul Klee's attitude toward and use of the decorative. She shows that the decorative, including its gendered associations, significantly informed Klee's art production, his exhibiting strategies, his critical response, and the discursive construction of his work for public consumption. She also compares his work with that of another major modernist, Henri Matisse, to confirm the critical role of the decorative in modernism. Finally, Anger explores the relevance of the decorative for contemporary, and especially women, artists."--Jacket
1 edition published in 2004 in English and held by 347 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"One of the goals of modernism was the representation of the essence of art, or pure form. In this study, Jenny Anger examines Paul Klee's attitude toward and use of the decorative. She shows that the decorative, including its gendered associations, significantly informed Klee's art production, his exhibiting strategies, his critical response, and the discursive construction of his work for public consumption. She also compares his work with that of another major modernist, Henri Matisse, to confirm the critical role of the decorative in modernism. Finally, Anger explores the relevance of the decorative for contemporary, and especially women, artists."--Jacket
Complete violin music by
Arne Nordheim(
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3 editions published in 2001 and held by 297 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
3 editions published in 2001 and held by 297 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The cat and the bird : inspired by a painting by Paul Klee by
Géraldine Elschner(
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9 editions published between 2012 and 2018 in English and Spanish and held by 291 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A whimsical tale inspired by a Paul Klee painting follows the experiences of a freedom-seeking cat who, with the help of a bird, escapes her comfortable house to enjoy a night of dancing on the moonlit city roofs
9 editions published between 2012 and 2018 in English and Spanish and held by 291 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A whimsical tale inspired by a Paul Klee painting follows the experiences of a freedom-seeking cat who, with the help of a bird, escapes her comfortable house to enjoy a night of dancing on the moonlit city roofs
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- Grohmann, Will 1887-1968 Other Commentator Contributor Author of introduction Writer of accompanying material Author Editor Creator
- Klee, Felix 1907-1990 Other Owner Editor Author of introduction Author Contributor Creator Compiler Collector
- Zentrum Paul Klee Other Organizer of meeting Editor
- Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) Other
- Kandinsky, Wassily 1866-1944 Other Commentator Artist Illustrator Contributor Collector Author
- Spiller, Jürg Other Editor Annotator Author Contributor Compiler
- Kunstmuseum Bern Other Editor
- Bauhaus
- Helfenstein, Josef Other Contributor Editor
- Watson, Stephen H. 1951- Author
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