Junger Wald (Young Forest)
1925
Medium
pen and black ink and watercolor on laid paper, on Klee's original mount
Dimensions
overall: 9.8 x 32.2 cm (3 7/8 x 12 11/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Donated by Lolo Sarnoff in memory of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert and Martha von Hirsch
Accession Number
1990.136.1
About the Artist
Paul Klee
Paul Klee (1879–1940) was born in Münchenbuchsee, near Bern, Switzerland, into a family of musicians; his father was a German music teacher and his mother a trained singer. The musical environment of his childhood left permanent traces on his art, informing his lifelong interest in rhythm, counterpoint, and structural variation. He studied painting in Munich from 1898, absorbing the currents of la...