Paul Klee – Portrait

Paul Klee (1879–1940) occupied a singular position in twentieth-century art — equally at home among the Expressionists, the Surrealists, and the Bauhaus masters, yet finally reducible to none of them. Swiss-German by formation, Klee taught at the Bauhaus in Weimar and Dessau from 1921 to 1931, developing a body of theory — collected in the Pedagogical Sketchbook and the Bauhaus Courses — that remains among the most searching attempts to articulate how line, tone, and colour generate meaning. His work encompassed over nine thousand pieces: small, luminous, and governed by an inner logic that he described as "taking a line for a walk."

This mug reproduces a photographic portrait of Klee taken in his studio in Possenhofen, Germany, in 1921 — the year he joined the Bauhaus faculty. The image captures him at the precise moment his theoretical and painterly powers were converging: composed, watchful, surrounded by the quiet intensity of the working studio. It is a portrait not of fame but of concentration.

Fine Porcelain — 10 oz. Dishwasher and microwave safe.

Photographic portrait (detail) of Paul Klee in the studio, Possenhofen, Germany, 1921. Reproduced under licence. The artist's name is used to identify the historical figure depicted, not to suggest endorsement or official affiliation. All trademark rights are acknowledged and respected.

Selected by Dr. Walther Fuchs for the Tazzarte collection.