| Senecio | |
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| Artist | Paul Klee |
| Year | 1922 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 15.9 x 15 in 40.5 x 38 cm |
| Paul Klee Famous Paintings | |
| Twittering Machine, 1922 | |
| Cat and Bird, 1928 | |
| Senecio, 1922 | |
| Ad Parnassum, 1932 | |
| Castle and Sun, 1928 | |
| Red Balloon, 1922 | |
| Fish Magic, 1925 | |
| Insula Dulcamara, 1938 | |
| Dream City, 1921 | |
| Complete Works |
Completed in 1922, Senecio is a manifestation of Paul’s sense of humor and African culture. The simple colors and shapes, Paul makes use of various shades of orange, red, and yellow to reveal portrait of an old man. Artistic use of shapes gives the false impression that one eye browse is raised. His left eye brow is represented by a triangle while the other one is made of a simple curved line. The portrait is also called Head of a Man Going Senile and intentionally mimics children’s artwork by using ambiguous shapes and forms with minimal facial details.
About the Artist
Paul Klee was born on December 18, 1879 in a small town in Switzerland. He is considered both a Swiss and German painter, despite his French expressionism influences. His contribution to expressionism and cubism got him noticed during the early stage of his career as an artist. Paul followed a career path as a teacher of color theory and wrote several publications on the subject.