Like many of his Bauhaus contemporaries, Paul Klee (1879-1940) was deeply influenced by theater and the stage.Primarily, though, Klee understood the sympathies between theater and life, absorbing the topos of the world as a stage into his observations: People became actors or marionettes and theatrical events touched upon scenes from everyday life. This publication sheds light on all of these aspects of Klee's fascination with the arts of the stage. A chronology gives a panoramic outline of his several encounters with the theater and a selection of works by contemporary artists makes it clear that Klee was not the only artist to be fascinated with the sharp-eyed perception of theatrical scenarios--the topic is one that continues to engage artists today.

Foreword

Juri Steiner

Theater: Everywhere You Look

Christine Hopfengart

Staged WorLds: On Masked Men and Imitation AnimaLs

Fabienne Eggelhofer and Armin Kerber

Chronology

Paul Klee's "Life in the Theater"

Beate Sch[ichenmaier

Europe's Modern Theater

Alexandra yon Arx

Illustrations

Actors

Stars and Cel.ebrities

Marionettes and Figurines

Theater Everywhere: ChiLdren's Games and Scenes of Nature

Dancers

The Circus: Acrobats and CLowns

Theater at the Bauhaus

PLays and Scenic Fantasies

Essays

Dance and the "Law of Movement" in Paul KLee

Reto Sorg

"An outstanding performance, what with the crowd and

the incredible daring on the high wire."

Paul. KLee's Fascination for the Circus and Acrobats

Michael Baumgartner

Yes and No: PauL KLee and the Bauhaus Theater

Christine Hopfengart

The Image as Stage

Paul. K[ee and the Creation of Theatrical. Space

Osamu Okuda

"Stage Landscape": From Wagner to Wedekind

Paul Ktee at Munich's Theaters

Dirk Heisserer

The Struggle among the Arts

Paul. Kl.ee and the Invention of Modern Director's Theater

TiLl. Briegleb

Appendix

ILLustration CheckList

Video CheckList

BibLiography

Authors

Photo Credits