Seiltanzer, from: Kunst der Gegenwart

Born on December 18, 1879 in the small town of Munchenbuchsee near Bern, the capital of Switzerland. His parents were musicians and moved to the city of Bern when he was one year old, where he stayed until the end of high school. He loved drawing from an early age and was also a virtuoso violinist, which he continued to play throughout his life. He was also very interested in literature.
In 1898, he left for Munich, Germany, where he entered an art school in 1900. However, he dropped out after only one year and returned to Bern, after which he left to travel Italy for half a year. In 1906, he married Lily Stumpf, a pianist he had met in Munich, where the two decided to live. In 1912, he joined the “Blue Knights” (der Blaue Reiter) with Kandinsky, Macke, and Marc, and in 1914, he traveled with his friends to Tunisia, where he established his own style of painting with vivid colors. During World War I, his friends, including Macke, were lost in battle, and he himself served in the army. However, he continued to exhibit his works, and this time he gradually became well known. In 1933, he fled to Switzerland to escape Nazi oppression. In 2005, the Paul Klee Center was established in the suburbs of Bern, where Klee is buried, with a collection of over 4,000 works.