Paul Klee
1879-1940 · Swiss-German · Der Blaue Reiter, Expressionism, Bauhaus
Biography
Paul Klee was born near Bern to a German father and grew up in Switzerland, keeping German citizenship all his life. He joined the circle of Der Blaue Reiter in Munich, found his colour on a 1914 trip to Tunisia, and taught at the Bauhaus and then at the Düsseldorf Academy until the Nazis dismissed him in 1933. He left more than 9,000 works, mostly small drawings and watercolours, which makes his market broad and very liquid. Oil paintings of the 1920s and 1930s are much rarer and set the top prices. His auction record, Tänzerin, sold for about $6.8 million in London in 2011, and works by him appear in New York, London and Paris sales every season.
Recent auction results
| GartenfigurSotheby's, New York | $4.63M | May 19, 2026 | heni.com |
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| KopfSotheby's, New York | $787K | Nov 20, 2025 | heni.com |
| KnabenbildnisChristie's, New York | $483K | Nov 17, 2025 | heni.com |
Market
- Liquidity: High
Museums
- Zentrum Paul Klee, Berna
- Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
- Museum of Modern Art, New York
- Centre Pompidou, Parigi
Sources
- Masterworks, profilo Paul Klee (record Tänzerin)
- HENI News, profilo Klee
- HENI News, Gartenfigur
- HENI News, Kopf
- HENI News, Knabenbildnis
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