Paul
Klee
A Life Immersed in Color and Form Paul Klee, a name synonymous with playful abstraction and profound emotional depth, occupies a unique position in the landscape of 20th-century art. Born on December 18, 1879, in Münchenbuchsee, Switzerland, his artistic journey was one of constant exploration, …
A portrait built from Paul Klee's own colours
Every 100 approved work contributes its dominant tone to a single flowing field. Sorted along the hue wheel, the strip reads as a smooth spectrum. Click any band to reveal its full four-colour palette.
Bands follow the hue wheel; visually identical tones are merged.
Every painting, placed on the hue wheel
Each dot is a work — its angle set by hue, its distance from the centre by saturation. Hover a dot to see the painting.
The signature, in numbers
Where the colour came from
Up to 24 paintings representing the most frequent palette tones — each shown with its dominant colours.