Paul KleeSeeing Below the Surface

Paul Klee: Fish Facts

He was born in 1879 in Switzerland, a country in Europe.

Paul Klee: Fish FactsHis father was a music teacher.

His mother was an artist.

Paul Klee was a good musician, writer and teacher.

Paul Klee: Fish FactsHe learned to draw with line, shape and color.

Paul Klee: Fish FactsHe realized that a painting did not have to look like a realistic copy of something to make good artwork.

This type of art is known as

abstract art.

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REALISTIC

Rose Garden

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ABSTRACT

Rose Garden

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The objects in abstract art look different from the way they look in real life.

Paul Klee: Fish FactsMountain Landscape Mountain landscape

Paul Klee: Fish FactsSome of Klee’s paintings look like they were done by a child.

Paul Klee: Fish FactsHe worked hard to learn about drawing with lines.

Dancing Girl

Paul Klee: Fish FactsKlee used chalk, paste, watercolors, and crayons in his paintings.

He loved to use beautiful colors.

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Kreuze und Saulen Flowers in Stone

Ebene Landschaft

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Magic Garden

Arrival of Marie Head of Man

Paul Klee: Fish FactsKlee worked slowly. Sometimes he sat for hours before painting.Sometimes he worked on six paintings at once.He taught himself to paint with both hands.

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Klee created almost 9,000 paintings in his lifetime.

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Cat and BirdRed Balloon

Efflorescence

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Under the Sea The Golden Fish

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Fish MagicAround the Fish

Paul Klee: Fish FactsThe featured painting.

The Seafarer or Sinbad the Sailor

Paul Klee: Fish FactsThe Project

Paul Klee said:

“A line is a dot that went for a walk.”

Paul Klee: Fish FactsUse a black marker and take your line for a

walk across the grid paper.

Paul Klee: Fish FactsShade in some of your squares to help color in

your line drawing.

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Bye-bye!

Paul Klee: Fish Facts