Komischer Reiter (Comic Rider)
Paul Klee
1921
Medium
pen and ink on laid paper, laid down on mount
Dimensions
Overall: 23.7 x 26.9 cm (9 5/16 x 10 9/16 in.) mount: 29.9 x 33.6 cm (11 3/4 x 13 1/4 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Benjamin and Lillian Hertzberg
Accession Number
2004.140.13
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...