Promoter of Klee paintings and Klee museum dies
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Alexander Klee, one of the promoters of the renowned Paul Klee museum in the Swiss capital, Bern, has died aged 80.
Alexander, a grandson of the painter Paul Klee, was himself a painter, graphic designer and press photographer. He had lived in Switzerland and France since the 1970s and also had made a reputation as an art collector.
He died on March 1 according to obituaries in several Swiss newspapers
Alexander Klee helped pave the way for the establishment of the Paul Klee Centre in 2005 which features a significant collection of one of the most famous painters of the 20