Editing Paul Klee (section)

=== Last works in Switzerland ===
In this period Klee mainly worked on large-sized pictures. After the onset of illness, there were about 25 works in the 1936 catalogue, but his productivity increased in 1937 to 264 pictures, 1938 to 489, and 1939—his most productive year—to 1254. They dealt with [[Ambivalence|ambivalent]] themes, expressing his personal fate, the political situation and his wit. Examples are the watercolor painting ''Musiker'' (musician), a stick-man face with partially serious, partially smiling mouth; and the ''Revolution des Viadukts'' (Revolution of the Viadukt), an [[Anti-fascism|anti-fascist]] art. In ''Viadukt'' (1937) the bridge arches split from the bank as they refuse to be linked to a chain and are therefore rioting.<ref>Partsch: ''Klee'', p.&nbsp;92</ref>
Since 1938, Klee worked more intensively with hieroglyphic-like elements. The painting ''[[Insula dulcamara]]'' from the same year, which is one of his largest ({{convert|88|×|176|cm|in|abbr=on}}), shows a white face in the middle of the elements, symbolizing death with its black-circled eye sockets. Bitterness and sorrow are not rare in much of his works during this time.

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File:Paul Klee - Signs In Yellow - Google Art Project.jpg|''Zeichen in Gelb'', 1937, pastel on cotton on colored paste on jute on stretcher frame, [[Beyeler Foundation]], Riehen, near Basel
File:Paul Klee - After The Flood - Google Art Project.jpg|''Nach der Überschwemmung'', 1936, wallpaper glue and watercolors on Ingres paper on cardboard
File:Paul Klee, Revolution des Viadukts, 1937.jpg|''Revolution des Viadukts'', 1937, oil on oil grounding on cotton on stretcher frame, [[Kunsthalle Hamburg|Hamburger Kunsthalle]]
File:Paul Klee - The Vase - Google Art Project.jpg|''Die Vase'', 1938, oil on jute, Fondation Beyeler, Riehen near Basel
File:Heroic Roses.JPG|''Heroische Rosen'' (Heroic Roses), 1938, oil on canvas, [[Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen]], Düsseldorf
File:Paul Klee, Insula dulcamara.jpg|''[[Insula dulcamara]]'', 1938, oil color and colored paste on newsprint on jute on stretcher frame, [[Zentrum Paul Klee]], Bern
File:Paul Klee, Ohne Titel (Der Todesengel).jpg|''Ohne Titel (Letztes Stillleben)'', 1940, oil on canvas on stretcher frame, Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern
File:Death and Fire (1940) - Paul Klee (Zentrum Paul Klee).jpg|''[[Death and Fire|Tod und Feuer]]'' (Death and Fire), 1940, oil on distemper on jute, Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern
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Klee created in 1940 a picture which strongly differs from the previous works, leaving it unsigned on the scaffold. The comparatively realistic [[still life]], ''Ohne Titel'', later named as ''Der Todesengel'' (Angel of Death), depicts flowers, a green pot, sculpture and an angel. The moon on black ground is separated from these groups. During his 60th birthday Klee was photographed in front of this picture.<ref>Partsch: ''Klee'', pp.&nbsp;76–83</ref>