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Art: The Life of Paul Klee Paul Klee is regarded by many people as one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century. His work is characterised by abstracted representations of objects, in a variety of mediums and styles. These range from the childlike 'taking a line for a walk' images that Klee completed at the beginning of his career, to the 'pointillist' paintings that Klee began to paint, closer to the end of his life. Klee was born in the town of Munchenbuchsee, in 1879, near Bern, Switzerland. His father was a German musician, who taught music at a college in Bern. His mother was an Austrian singer. Due to his parent's professions, Klee had a childhood was dominated by music. This is evident in much of the artwork that he produced, which could be interpreted as musical 'graphic notation', and Klee was a talented musician in addition to his...

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