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THE SWISS-BORN German artist Paul Klee created more masterpieces in the closing years of his life than most artists do in their prime.
Diagnosed with sclerosis, his resolve hardened along with myriad symptoms of his disease and he raged against the dying of his artistic light. Near the end, he had trouble lifting his arms and walking and he suffered from bronchitis and arthritis.
It was as if his struggle to speak the language of pure perception as an artist intensified the nearer his fatal disease brought him to his vision’s closure.
In their new biographical survey, Paul Klee: Life and Work, Christine Hopfengart and Michael Baumgartner tell us that from 1937 to 1940, when he died, Klee created many hundreds of works mixed media paintings, watercolours and drawings.