Paul Klee
Vor den Toren von Kairuan (Before the Gates of Kairouan)
1914
‘Was it really only the Tunisian landscape and architecture, the southern light and the colours that at least helped Klee find his way to painting? …
‘One of the last pictures Klee painted on this trip, Vor den Toren von Kairuan, was painted on 16 April 1914, the very day he came to the conclusion in his diary that he was now, at last, a painter.’
Susanna Partsch, Klee, 2007