Paul Klee’s Tunisia Trip

The travels of an artist discovering himself

In the Style of Kairouan (1914) by Paul Klee. Source Wiki Art

One of my favourite artists is the Swiss-German painter Paul Klee.

In 1914, Klee took a two-week trip to Tunisia, a trip that would profoundly alter the course of his art. The working-holiday would inspire Klee for many years afterwards, and as far ahead as the 1930s he continued to makes paintings that referenced his…