Railroad Station (Bahnhof)

Paul Klee

1911

A small drypoint print in which Klee captures a railway station with spare, rhythmic lines that suggest tracks, buildings, and rising smoke rather than detailing them.

What strikes you is the trembling economy of the line—parallel rails disappearing to the horizon, tiny house-like forms and wisps of smoke drawn like musical motifs, giving the scene an airy, schematic clarity.

Executed in 1911, the print marks Klee’s shift from literal depiction to a concise, notational visual language that helped bridge representational landscape and early twentieth‑century abstraction.

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Art Terms

Drypoint Intaglio Print Abstraction Landscape Expressionism Modern art

Exhibitions

Prints by Paul Klee

1954

Paul Klee

1941

Paul Klee

1987

Paul Klee Centennial: Prints and Transfer Drawings

1979