Paul Klee was born in Bern, Switzerland. He studied in Munich at the Kunststudium, 1898/1901, in Bern, 1902/06 and again in Munich, 1906/1921. He was a founder member of the “Neuen Munchner Secession” and a teacher at the Bauhaus 1921/31. In 1931/33 taught at the Dusseldorfer Akademie. Examples of his work were exhibited in the “Entartet Kunst” (Degenerate Art) exhibition in 1937.