Paul Klee

LO

-recognise parts of the colour

wheel
-recreate a painting using
different parts of the colour
wheel
Paul Klee
• Paul Klee was born in
Switzerland in 1879.
• His artwork had many
influences and he
experimented with
many different styles.
• He taught with Wassily
Kandinskey at the
Bauhaus school of art
in Germany.
• He died in 1940 at the
age of 60.
Red and white Domes (1914)
Southern Gardens (1919)
Dream City (1921)
The Goldfish (1925)
Legend of the Nile (1937)
Embrace (1939)
[Untitled] (1940)
 Today we are
going to be
looking at Klee’s
most famous
painting…
Senecio
• Senecio (Old Man)
was painted in 1922.

• Klee said that colour

was energy and it
created the mood in
a painting.

• What do you think

the mood is in this
painting?
Senecio
• Senecio (Old Man) is
about 30cm by
30cm.

• He painted it using
oil paints.

• Oil paints are very

thick. Can you see
the brushstrokes?
Senecio
• Klee was proud of his
paintings’ ‘childlike’
nature.

• He felt that childhood

was the most creative
and pure time of our
lives.

• Do you think that this

painting is childlike?
Why?
Senecio
• Klee is reported to
have said “I do not
paint. I take a line
for a walk.”

• What do you think

he meant by this?
 • What type of
colours does the
artist use?
Warm/Cold?

• Could you recreate

the picture using a
different part of the
colour wheel?
Senecio
• Now choose
your favourite
colour and use
your knowledge
of creating
colours to
produce your
own version of
‘Senecio’.