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Kandinsky/Klee House,
from the northwest 2002
Photo: Wolfgang Thöner |
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Klee House, atelier
2003
Photo: Uwe Jacobshagen
© Stadt Dessau |
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Paul Klee lived in the last Masters' Houses with his wife, Lily, and
their son Felix for whom he had arranged an apprenticeship at the
Dessau theatre. Beside the maid, the gymnastics teacher at the Bauhaus,
Karla Grosch, also belonged to the household. This latter was a pupil
of the Palucca School and was described by Ludwig Grote, the State
Curator of Anhalt, as a "powerful, jaunty personality of fair-haired
freshness". Paul Klee, a cat lover, was a knowledgeable musician,
and talented violinist. He often played music with his wife and also
in a quartet with musicians from Dessau's theatre orchestra. The feature
of the neighbourliness between Kandinsky and Klee lay in their close
friendship. Their artistic work and their lessons in the Bauhaus indicate
that they had many things in common in their time in Dessau. In opposition
to the cool clean colours in the Kandinsky House Paul Klee decided
for a warmer "earthier" atmosphere in his atelier and living
room.
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