Paul Klee

Paul Klee was a Swiss-born German artist. His highly individual style was influenced by movements in art that included expressionism, cubism, and surrealism.

Works in Collection

143 works

"Or The Mocked Mocker"

Paul Klee

1930

A Balance-Capriccio (Ein Gleichgewicht-Capriccio)

Paul Klee

1923

A Guardian Angel Serves a Small Breakfast (Ein Genius ser...

Paul Klee

1920

A Guardian Angel Serves a Small Breakfast (Ein Genius ser...

Paul Klee

1920

A Man Sinking Before the Crown (Ein Mann versinkt vor der...

Paul Klee

1904

Acrobats (Akrobaten) (plate, page 10) from the periodical...

Paul Klee

1919

Actor's Mask

Paul Klee

1924

Aged Phoenix (Greiser Phoenix) from the series Inventions...

Paul Klee

1905

Around the Fish

Paul Klee

1926

Ass (Esel) for the deluxe edition of the periodical Monat...

Paul Klee

1925

At the Window (Am Fenster)

Paul Klee

1912

Bauhaus Ausstellung Weimar 1923

Paul Klee

1923

Bauhaus Ausstellung Weimar 1923

Paul Klee

1923

Buffoonery (Narretei)

Paul Klee

1922

Castle Garden

Paul Klee

1931

Cat and Bird

Paul Klee

1928

Christian Sectarian (Christlicher Sectierer)

Paul Klee

1920

Comedian (Komiker) from the series Inventions (Inventionen)

Paul Klee

1904

Comedy of Birds (Vogelkomödie) for the portfolio 25 Origi...

Paul Klee

1918

Consummation, Consummation (plate facing page 86) from Po...

Paul Klee

1919

Day Music (Musique diurne) from Art d'Aujourd'hui, Maître...

Paul Klee

1953 (original executed in 1940)

Death for an Idea (Der Tod für die Idee) (plate, [p. 93])...

Paul Klee

1915

Demon above the Ships (Dämon über den Schiffen)

Paul Klee

1916

Der Held mit dem Flügel (The Hero with the Wing) from the...

Paul Klee

1905

Exhibitions

132 exhibitions

Mar 12, 1930 – Apr 02, 1930

Weber, Klee, Lehmbruck, Maillol

4 artists

Jun 15, 1930 – Sep 28, 1930

Summer Exhibition: Painting and Sculpture

52 artists

Mar 12, 1931 – Apr 22, 1931

German Painting and Sculpture

27 artists · 1 curator

Jun 07, 1932 – Oct 30, 1932

Summer Exhibition: Painting and Sculpture

57 artists

Jul 20, 1932 – Oct 05, 1932

A Brief Survey of Modern Painting

38 artists

Jul 10, 1933 – Sep 30, 1933

Summer Exhibition: Painting and Sculpture

48 artists

Oct 03, 1933 – Oct 27, 1933

Modern European Art

53 artists

Jul 11, 1934 – Sep 13, 1934

New Acquisitions: Lachaise Torso; Prints

21 artists

Aug 13, 1934 – Sep 21, 1934

Color Reproductions: Modern Watercolors and Pastels

24 artists

Nov 19, 1934 – Jan 20, 1935

Modern Works of Art: 5th Anniversary Exhibition

117 artists

Jun 04, 1935 – Sep 24, 1935

Summer Exhibition: The Museum Collection and a Private Collection on Loan

53 artists

Jan 14, 1936 – Feb 16, 1936

New Acquisitions: The Collection of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

53 artists

Mar 02, 1936 – Apr 19, 1936

Cubism and Abstract Art

113 artists · 1 curator

Apr 27, 1936 – Sep 02, 1936

Modern Painters and Sculptors as Illustrators

100 artists · 1 curator

Dec 07, 1936 – Jan 17, 1937

Fantastic Art, Dada, Surrealism

179 artists · 1 curator

Apr 28, 1937 – May 30, 1937

Twelve Modern Paintings

6 artists

Dec 07, 1938 – Jan 30, 1939

Bauhaus: 1919–1928

66 artists

May 10, 1939 – Sep 30, 1939

Painting, Sculpture, Prints

154 artists

May 06, 1941 – Apr 30, 1941

Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection

74 artists

Jun 30, 1941 – Jul 27, 1941

Paul Klee

1 artist

Jul 15, 1941 – Jul 28, 1941

Abstract Painting; Shapes of Things

12 artists

Jul 23, 1941 – Sep 29, 1941

New Acquisitions: Fantastic Art, Dada, Surrealism

18 artists

Jul 29, 1941 – Aug 11, 1941

Preliminary Course of the Bauhaus

5 artists

Aug 26, 1941 – Sep 15, 1941

Ancestral Sources of Modern Painting

26 artists

Sep 16, 1941 – Oct 14, 1941

Twenty Lithographs: Graphic Art Processes

36 artists

Mar 11, 1942 – May 10, 1942

Children's Festival of Modern Art

12 artists

Feb 16, 1944 – May 10, 1944

Modern Drawings

120 artists · 3 curators

May 24, 1944 – Oct 15, 1944

Painting, Sculpture, Prints

133 artists · 1 curator

Nov 15, 1944 – May 30, 1945

Painting, Sculpture, Graphic Arts from the Museum Collection

9 artists

Feb 15, 1945 – Mar 18, 1945

Recent Acquisitions

38 artists

Mar 06, 1945 – Mar 25, 1945

What is Modern Painting?

37 artists

Jun 20, 1945 – Feb 13, 1946

The Museum Collection of Painting and Sculpture

174 artists

Nov 28, 1945 – Feb 03, 1946

Museum of Modern Art Color Reproductions

13 artists

Feb 06, 1946 – Feb 24, 1946

Recent Acquisitions in Painting and Sculpture

11 artists

Feb 19, 1946 – May 05, 1946

The Museum Collection of Painting

67 artists

Jun 11, 1946 – Oct 06, 1946

Designed for Children

20 artists · 1 curator

Jul 02, 1946 – Sep 22, 1946

Paintings from New York Private Collections

37 artists · 1 curator

Jul 02, 1946 – Sep 12, 1954

Paintings, Sculpture, and Graphic Arts from the Museum Collection

112 artists · 1 curator

Oct 15, 1946 – Nov 24, 1946

On Being a Cartoonist

31 artists · 1 curator

Jul 20, 1948 – Sep 12, 1948

New York Private Collections

30 artists · 1 curator

Oct 01, 1948 – Oct 31, 1948

Print Gift of Victor S. Riesenfeld and Matisse: Jazz: Gift of the Artist

31 artists · 1 curator

Nov 16, 1948 – Jan 23, 1949

Timeless Aspects of Modern Art

21 artists · 1 curator

Mar 18, 1949 – Apr 17, 1949

Pictures for Children Aged 3–12 Years

16 artists

May 10, 1949 – Jul 10, 1949

Master Prints from the Museum Collection

132 artists · 2 curators

Oct 05, 1949 – Dec 04, 1949

Modern Art in Your Life

164 artists · 1 curator

Dec 20, 1949 – Feb 19, 1950

Paul Klee

1 artist · 2 curators

Jan 31, 1950 – May 07, 1950

Recent Acquisitions

32 artists

Jul 25, 1950 – Nov 05, 1950

Recent Acquisitions

15 artists

Jun 26, 1951 – Sep 09, 1951

Selections from 5 New York Private Collections

34 artists · 1 curator

May 06, 1952 – Jun 08, 1952

Recent Acquisitions

36 artists · 1 curator

Jun 23, 1953 – Oct 04, 1953

Summer Exhibition: New Acquisitions; Recent American Prints, 1947–1953; Katherine S. Dreier Bequest; Kuniyoshi and Spencer; Expressionism in Germany; Varieties of Realism

100 artists · 2 curators

Jul 07, 1954 – Sep 19, 1954

Prints by Paul Klee

1 artist

Oct 19, 1954 – Feb 06, 1955

XXVth Anniversary Exhibition: Paintings from the Museum Collection

260 artists

Dec 07, 1954 – Feb 01, 1955

Modern Masterprints of Europe

72 artists · 1 curator

Mar 05, 1955 – Apr 24, 1955

Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection: New Acquisitions

22 artists · 1 curator

May 04, 1955 – May 31, 1955

Prints from Europe and Japan; Etchings by Matisse

32 artists · 1 curator

May 31, 1955 – Sep 07, 1955

Paintings from Private Collections

33 artists · 1 curator

Jan 29, 1957 – Feb 24, 1957

Drawings Recently Acquired for the Museum Collection

43 artists · 1 curator

Oct 02, 1957 – Dec 01, 1957

German Art of the 20th Century

42 artists · 2 curators

Nov 13, 1957 – Jan 05, 1958

Recent Acquisitions

37 artists

Apr 23, 1958 – May 18, 1958

50 Selections from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bareiss

41 artists · 1 curator

Oct 08, 1958 – Nov 09, 1958

Works of Art: Given or Promised

22 artists · 1 curator

Oct 08, 1958

Second Floor Permanent Collection

28 artists

Oct 08, 1958 – Nov 09, 1958

Philip L. Goodwin Collection

11 artists

Dec 31, 1958 – Feb 23, 1959

Ten European Artists

10 artists · 1 curator

Apr 20, 1960

Fifty Modern Paintings and Sculpture Especially Donated for the Benefit of the 30th Anniversary Fund of The Museum of Modern Art

35 artists · 2 curators

May 04, 1960 – Sep 18, 1960

Portraits from the Museum Collection

92 artists · 1 curator

Oct 11, 1960 – Jan 02, 1961

100 Drawings from the Museum Collection

74 artists · 1 curator

Dec 21, 1960 – Feb 05, 1961

Recent Acquisitions

222 artists · 3 curators

Feb 01, 1961 – Mar 04, 1961

Painting and Sculpture from the James Thrall Soby Collection

37 artists

Aug 19, 1961 – Jan 30, 1962

Modern Allegories

20 artists · 1 curator

Nov 06, 1962 – Jan 06, 1963

Lettering by Hand

34 artists · 1 curator

Aug 06, 1963 – Sep 29, 1963

60 Modern Drawings: Recent Acquisitions

45 artists · 1 curator

May 27, 1964

Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection

169 artists

May 27, 1964 – Mar 23, 1965

Drawings from the Museum Collections: A Selection

57 artists · 1 curator

Feb 16, 1965 – Apr 25, 1965

Recent Acquisitions: Painting and Sculpture

87 artists

Apr 13, 1965 – Jul 14, 1965

John S. Newberry: A Memorial Exhibition

32 artists · 1 curator

Oct 31, 1966 – May 08, 1967

Drawings from the Museum Collection

53 artists

Dec 23, 1966 – Jan 22, 1967

Recent Acquisitions: Five European Painters

5 artists

Mar 27, 1967 – May 25, 1967

Members Collect

17 artists · 1 curator

Jun 06, 1967 – Sep 17, 1967

The Artist as His Subject

49 artists

Jan 17, 1968 – Mar 04, 1968

The Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection

55 artists · 1 curator

Jun 18, 1968 – Aug 25, 1968

Recent Acquisitions: Painting and Sculpture

16 artists · 1 curator

Nov 27, 1968 – Feb 09, 1969

The Machine as Seen at the End of the Mechanical Age

11 artists · 2 curators

Feb 18, 1969 – Mar 30, 1969

Drawings: Recent Acquisitions

17 artists · 1 curator

May 28, 1969 – Sep 01, 1969

Twentieth-Century Art from the Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller Collection

119 artists · 1 curator

Nov 05, 1969 – Jan 02, 1973

Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection

35 artists

Jun 05, 1970 – Sep 13, 1970

Recent Acquisitons VI

11 artists · 2 curators

May 11, 1971 – Oct 19, 1971

A Selection of Drawings and Watercolors from the Museum Collection

58 artists · 1 curator

Jul 01, 1971 – Sep 27, 1971

The Artist as Adversary

140 artists · 1 curator

Jul 28, 1971 – Nov 01, 1971

Ways of Looking

132 artists · 1 curator

Mar 29, 1972

Permanent Collection

45 artists · 2 curators

Oct 18, 1972 – Jan 07, 1973

Philadelphia in New York: 90 Modern Works from the Philadelphia Museum of Art

41 artists · 2 curators

Mar 07, 1973 – Jun 04, 1973

Works on Paper

58 artists

Oct 12, 1973 – Feb 02, 1974

Published in Germany, 1923

17 artists · 2 curators

Aug 23, 1974 – Nov 10, 1974

Gods, Heroes, and Shepherds

19 artists · 1 curator

Aug 30, 1974 – Nov 10, 1974

German Drawing: The Expressionists

24 artists · 1 curator

Mar 07, 1975 – Jun 08, 1975

Points of View

29 artists · 1 curator

Mar 21, 1975 – Jun 15, 1975

In the Twenties

51 artists · 1 curator

Feb 09, 1976 – May 09, 1976

Cubism and Its Affinities

45 artists · 1 curator

May 14, 1976 – Aug 08, 1976

Prints from the Collection

30 artists

Aug 20, 1976 – Nov 14, 1976

Between World Wars: Drawing in Europe and America

66 artists · 1 curator

Nov 22, 1976 – Mar 01, 1977

Recent Acquisitions: Painting and Sculpture

7 artists · 1 curator

Dec 17, 1976 – Mar 01, 1977

European Master Paintings from Swiss Collections: Post-Impressionism to World War II

35 artists · 1 curator

Apr 28, 1978 – Jul 04, 1978

A Treasury of Modern Drawing: The Joan and Lester Avnet Collection

89 artists · 1 curator

Sep 12, 1978 – Nov 26, 1978

Recent Acquisitions: Painting and Sculpture

13 artists · 1 curator

Jan 08, 1979 – Apr 03, 1979

Paul Klee Centennial: Prints and Transfer Drawings

1 artist · 1 curator

Aug 09, 1979 – Nov 13, 1979

Gifts of Drawing

54 artists · 1 curator

Nov 14, 1979 – Jan 22, 1980

Art of the Twenties

167 artists · 1 curator

Oct 25, 1980 – Jan 27, 1981

Masterpieces from the Collection: Selections from the Late Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Centuries

26 artists · 1 curator

Dec 22, 1980 – Mar 10, 1981

The Symbolist Aesthetic

47 artists · 1 curator

Mar 19, 1981 – Jun 02, 1981

Recent Acquisitions: Drawings

65 artists · 1 curator

Aug 20, 1981 – Oct 06, 1981

Words and Pictures

49 artists · 1 curator

Mar 01, 1982 – Mar 16, 1982

A Century of Modern Drawing, 1881–1981

59 artists · 1 curator

Oct 26, 1983 – Jan 03, 1984

The Modern Drawing: 100 Works on Paper from The Museum of Modern Art

81 artists · 1 curator

May 17, 1984

Selections from the Permanent Collection: Prints and Illustrated Books

99 artists · 2 curators

May 17, 1984

Selections from the Permanent Collection: Painting and Sculpture

59 artists · 2 curators

May 17, 1984

Selections from the Permanent Collection: Drawings

61 artists · 2 curators

May 06, 1985 – Dec 18, 1985

The Expressionist Idiom

43 artists · 1 curator

May 26, 1985 – Oct 29, 1985

Drawing in Austria and Germany

41 artists · 1 curator

Oct 02, 1985 – Jan 07, 1986

Contrasts of Form: Geometric Abstract Art, 1910–1980

107 artists · 2 curators

May 29, 1986 – Sep 30, 1986

Naked/Nude

63 artists · 1 curator

Feb 04, 1987 – May 05, 1987

Paul Klee

1 artist · 1 curator

Jun 25, 1987 – Oct 13, 1987

Drawing since 1940

58 artists · 1 curator

Aug 06, 1987 – Dec 08, 1987

Surrealist Prints from the Collection of The Museum of Modern Art

29 artists · 1 curator

Oct 24, 1987 – Mar 01, 1988

European Drawing Between the Wars

59 artists · 1 curator

Nov 20, 1987 – Mar 08, 1988

Master Prints from the Collection

66 artists · 1 curator

Nov 17, 1988 – Mar 26, 1989

Abstractions

77 artists · 1 curator

Mar 16, 1989 – Jul 04, 1989

Watercolors: Selections from the Permanent Collection

39 artists · 1 curator

Apr 06, 1989 – Aug 08, 1989

Master Prints from the Collection

102 artists · 1 curator

Aug 18, 1989 – Nov 07, 1989

The Cubist Imprint

30 artists · 1 curator

Nov 16, 1989 – Mar 13, 1990

Prints: Proofs and Variants

25 artists · 1 curator