T he Nazis wasted no time in denouncing the artist Paul Klee (1879–1940). On February 1, 1933, less than a month after Hilter ...

Paul Klee, “Bild aus dem Boudoir Image tirée du boudoir” (1922), copy in oil and watercolor on paper on card (all images courtesy Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, unless indicated otherwise) (click to enlarge ...

Paul Klee is hard to describe. The German artist’s works, which he began creating in his childhood until 1940, when he died at age 60, vary widely; they often feature abstract forms, but just as often ...