Paul Klee: Kostbarkeiten aus der Sammlung Rudolf-August Oetker im Museum Huelsmann

Paul Klee.
The Bauhaus in Weimar was just celebrating the first anniversary of its foundation when Walter Gropius sent a telegram to Paul Klee in 1920, asking him to join them a master: a cordial invitation to become a teacher at the Bauhaus. This year was of particular importance in the life and work of Paul Klee. His first great retrospective, organized by the Munich-based gallery owner Hans Goltz, opened in May. A total of 362 works executed between 1903 and 1920 was exhibited. The Paul Klee volume in the “Junge Kunst” series, one of the first monographs about him, was published shortly afterwards.

Klee’s early artistic period is illuminated by key works in a revised new edition of this volume of art-historical importance. It was shaped by events including his acquaintance with Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc, as well as the journey to Tunis with August Macke and Louis Moilliet. The biography, authorized by Paul Klee himself and supplemented with missing biographical details, and the essay by a renowned Klee expert complete this volume designed for bibliophiles.