Paul Klee: A Life Painted in Fragments – Navigating War and Wonder The year 1940 marked a pivotal, yet tragically compressed, chapter in the life of Paul Klee, a Swiss-born German artist whose work resonated with both profound introspection and an almost childlike delight. Born in Bern in 1879, Klee’s artistic journey was one of relentless experimentation, fueled by a deep curiosity about color, form, and the very nature of perception. His career, though tragically cut short by his death in Zug in 1940, left behind an astonishingly diverse body of work – from delicate watercolor studies to b…