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a professional-level violinist who chose art instead, then let his cats walk across the canvases at the Bauhaus

Where to see Paul Klee
Collection holdings are reported here; current display varies. Check with each museum before visiting.
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67 recorded worksMetropolitan Museum of Art
New York City, United States
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46 recorded worksKunstmuseum Basel
Basel, Switzerland
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32 recorded worksSolomon R. Guggenheim Museum
New York City, United States
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23 recorded works
Sprengel Museum
Hanover, Germany
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22 recorded works
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Philadelphia, United States
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19 recorded worksZentrum Paul Klee
Bern, Switzerland
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21 recorded works
Bavarian State Painting Collections
Munich, Germany
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18 recorded works
Museum of Modern Art
New York City, United States
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17 recorded works
Beyeler Foundation
Riehen, Switzerland
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14 recorded works
Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, United States
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In the Style of Kairouan - Paul Klee
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Ad Parnassum - Paul Klee
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Hope and Destruction (Zerstörung und Hoffnung) - Paul Klee
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Die Hexe mit dem Kamm (Witch with a Comb) - Paul Klee
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Sunrise Range – Abstract Mountain Landscape (Triptych 1 of 3)
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Garden Geometry – Abstract Botanical Forms in Pastel and Slate
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13 recorded worksMusée National d'Art Moderne
Paris, France
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12 recorded worksKunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen
Düsseldorf, Germany
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11 recorded worksNational Gallery of Art
Washington D.C., United States
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10 recorded works
Kunsthaus Zürich
Zurich, Switzerland
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10 recorded works
Barnes Foundation
Philadelphia, United States
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10 recorded works
The Phillips Collection
Washington D.C., United States
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8 recorded works
Lenbachhaus
Munich, Germany
Also here (6)
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8 recorded worksScharf-Gerstenberg Collection
Berlin, Germany
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7 recorded works
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Minneapolis, United States
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6 recorded worksSan Francisco Museum of Modern Art
San Francisco, United States
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6 recorded worksTate Modern
London, United Kingdom
Also here (4)
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6 recorded works
Museum Ludwig
Cologne, Germany
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6 recorded worksNeue Nationalgalerie
Berlin, Germany
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6 recorded worksThe National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
Tokyo, Japan
Also here (1)
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6 recorded works
Detroit Institute of Arts
Detroit, United States
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6 recorded worksYale University Art Gallery
New Haven, United States
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5 recorded works
Städel Museum
Frankfurt, Germany
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5 recorded works
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Los Angeles, United States
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5 recorded works
Strasbourg Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art
Strasbourg, France
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4 recorded works
Israel Museum
Jerusalem, Israel
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4 recorded worksThyssen-Bornemisza Museum
Madrid, Spain
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3 recorded worksMuseum of Fine Arts Boston
Boston, United States
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2 recorded works
Fogg Museum
Cambridge, United States
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2 recorded worksHamburger Kunsthalle
Hamburg, Germany
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1 recorded work
Brooklyn Museum
New York City, United States
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1 recorded workToledo Museum of Art
Toledo, United States
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1 recorded workNational Galleries Scotland
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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1 recorded work
Westphalian State Museum of Art and Cultural History
Münster, Germany
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1 recorded workMusée Granet
Aix-en-Provence, France
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1 recorded workMuseum Boijmans Van Beuningen
Rotterdam, Netherlands
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1 recorded work
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Wellington, New Zealand
Also here (2)
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1 recorded workPrinceton Art Museum
Princeton, United States
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1 recorded work
Dallas Museum of Art
Dallas, United States
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1 recorded work
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Kansas City, United States
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1 recorded work
Harvard Art Museums
Cambridge, United States
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1 recorded work
Kunstmuseum Bern
Bern, Switzerland
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1 recorded work
Kunsthalle Bremen
Bremen, Germany
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1 recorded workSaint Louis Art Museum
St. Louis, United States
1 more museum holds works by Paul Klee with smaller collections, not listed here.
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See all Paul Klee prints →Frequently Asked Questions
Where did Paul Klee live?
Paul Klee was born near Bern, but he settled in Munich in 1906[8].Where can I see Paul Klee paintings?
Paul Klee's works can be seen at Metropolitan Museum of Art, National Gallery of Art, Kunstmuseum Basel, and 2 other museums worldwide.Is Paul Klee an abstract artist?
Paul Klee's style, technique, and subject matter show that he avoided aesthetic categorisation. It is virtually impossible to confuse his work with that of another artist.Who was Paul Klee for kids?
Paul Klee was a Swiss[8]-German artist who loved music, colour, and cats. He said that drawing was like 'taking a line for a walk'.Paul Klee art style for kids?
One passage notes that colour and line were the elements by which Paul Klee expressed his outlook on life. Another passage compares his work to a child's collage.
Sources
Where to See guide aggregates verified holdings of Paul Klee's works across the following collections.
- [1] museum Brooklyn Museum Used for: museum holdings.
- [2] museum Toledo Museum of Art Used for: museum holdings.
- [3] museum Buffalo AKG Art Museum Used for: museum holdings.
- [4] museum Institut Valencià d'Art Modern Used for: museum holdings.
- [5] museum Allen Memorial Art Museum Used for: museum holdings.
- [6] museum San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Used for: museum holdings.
- [7] wikidata Wikidata: Q44007 Used for: identifiers.
- [8] wikipedia Wikipedia: Paul Klee Used for: biography.
- [9] book Susie Hodge, Artistic Circles Used for: biography.
- [10] book Susie Hodge, Artists and Their Pets Used for: biography, stylistic analysis.
- [11] book Starr Figura, German Expressionism: The Graphic Impulse Used for: biography, museum holdings.
- [12] book guggenheim-futurismmodernfo00solo Used for: biography, museum holdings.
- [13] book guggenheim-guhe00solo Used for: biography, museum holdings.
- [14] book guggenheim-museum00solo Used for: biography.
- [15] book guggenheim-paulklee1879klee Used for: biography.
- [16] book Penelope J.E. Davies, Walter B. Denny, Frima Fox Hofrichter, Joseph Jacobs, Ann S. Roberts, David L. Simon, Janson's History of Art_ The Western Tradition (8th Edition) Used for: biography.
- [17] book Paul Klee; Sibyl Moholy-Nagy, Pedagogical Sketchbook Used for: biography, stylistic analysis.
- [18] book Carol Strickland and John Boswell, The Annotated Mona Lisa Used for: stylistic analysis.
- [19] book Carol Strickland and John Boswell, The Annotated Mona Lisa Used for: stylistic analysis.
- [20] book Carol Strickland and John Boswell, The Annotated Mona Lisa Used for: stylistic analysis.
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