Portrait of a Lady's Smile

We rarely present artists of the 20th century due to copyrights ... but today, thanks you the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, we can present the work of Paul Klee, one of the most interesting artists of the interwar period. 

 

Paul Klee earned international acclaim in the 1920s when he was associated with the Bauhaus, the influential modernist design school in Germany. In early 1933, he was labeled a “degenerate” artist by the Nazi authorities, and he later fled to his native Switzerland, where he remained until his death in 1940. Klee’s art was greatly prized both in Europe and the United States for its qualities of fantasy, visual poetry, intuitiveness, and spontaneity. His appreciation of children’s art, as an expression of unspoiled creativity, lies behind his disregard for conventional three-dimensional forms and proportions, as well as his use of simplified lines. 

 

P.S. Sit back and enjoy autumn paintings by Paul Klee.  :)

 

P.P.S. We love to present such unexpected masterpieces! If you would like to have more art in your life and in the spaces around you, don't forget to check out our beautiful 2023 DailyArt Calendars.  :)