Paul Klee - Before the gates of Kairouan, 1914
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English - July 08, 2014 08:46 - 3 minutes - 54 MB VideoDesign Arts Visual Arts museum bern paul klee german painter bauhaus blauer reiter blue four modern classical art academy in düsseldorf abstract art Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The view of the city turns into a play of simple square shaped areas and shades of colour casually laid upon each other. From this point it was just a small step to the water colours of pure coloured squares which were created on his return and in memory of Kairuan. In the evening Klee noted in his diary: „Colour has caught me. I do not need to search for it. It has me for ever, I know it. That is the happy meaning of this moment: I and colour are united. I am a painter. “