Mallas enterizas paul klee biography

 

Art Career

In 1906 he married a Bavarian pianist Lily Stumpf and together they moved to Munich. While Lily worked playing music, Klee tended the house and worked on his art in the kitchen.

Progress for the next 5 years was slow and an attempt at magazine illustration failed. However by 1910, things had improved. He was given his first solo show and met other artists who were to influence him greatly - Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc.

Together they formed the German Expressionism group known as the Der Blaue Reiter. Its members were influenced by Cubism, but they also emphasized the process of painting with vibrant brushstrokes and dramatic colour.

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They tried to reflect their inner impulses and feelings to provoke a reaction in their audience. They also believed that sources like children's drawings, oriental paintings and African sculpture could be the root for the rebirth of art.

Kandinsky became a mentor of sorts to Klee, although Kl