PAUL KLEE 1879-1940
Paul Klee found his greatest influences on trips to North Africa and southern Europe, and in fellow painter Cezanne. His resulting skills as a supreme colorist, his use of architectural details, and his own symbolism made him a far-reaching influence on 20th-century modernism. An accomplished violinist, he described many of his works as visual expressions of music.
Silk Kimono, Taisho or early Showa Era
Private Collection
Swiss/German artist Paul Klee created many cityscapes from 1914, following a sojourn to Tunisia, until his death in 1940. This kimono seems to have been inspired by those paintings and drawings.
Paul Klee
Incipient Coolness, 1937
Germany
Paul Klee
Polyphonic Architecture, detail, 1930
Germany
Silk Kimono, Taisho or early Showa Era
Private Collection
This bizarre kimono captures the humor and fantasy of some of Paul Klee’s and Joan Miró’s work, if not the movement and grace.
Textile artist Jacqueline Groag’s designs were inspired by Austrian folk art dolls. Any of these three artists could have been the inspiration for this kimono.
Paul Klee
The Twittering Machine, 1922
Germany
Joan Miró
The Sun, 1949
Spain
Jacqueline Groag
Textile design (detail), 1950s
England
Silk Kimono, Taisho Era
This kimono bears a resemblance to several works of Klee that use shapes and lines to express a mood or scene.
Paul Klee
Rich Harbor, 1938
Germany
Paul Klee
Waldhexen, 1938
Germany
Silk Kimono, Taisho or early Showa Era
Cooling in a Garden of the Torrid Zone
Paul Klee. 1924
Germany