One Who Understands
1934 · Oil and gypsum on canvas
Dimensions : 21 1/4 x 16 in. (54 x 40.6 cm)
Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Credit Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection, 1998
The squared circle of the abstracted head in Klees painting is made of the same lines that divide the picture like a cracked windowpane. Klee taught at the Bauhaus - first in Weimar and then in Dessau - between 1921 and 1931 and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Düsseldorf from 1931 to 1933. Hitlers National Socialists declared his work
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About this artwork
One Who Understands (1934) by Paul Klee, oil and gypsum on canvas, from the Metropolitan Museum of Art collection.
About Paul Klee
Paul Klee (18 December 1879 – 29 June 1940) was a Swiss-born artist. His highly individual style was influenced by movements in art that included Expressionism, Cubism, and Surrealism.
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