1879-1940. Swiss painter. He settled in
Munich 1906, joined the Blaue Reiter group
1912, and worked at the Bauhaus school of art
and design 1920-31, returning to Switzerland
1933. His style in the 1920s and 1930s was
dominated by humorous linear fantasies. Klee
travelled with the painter August Macke to
Tunisia in 1914, a trip that transformed his
sense of colour. The Klee Foundation, Berne,
has a large collection of his work. His
publications include On Modern Art 1948.