Kairouan Or How Paul Klee Became A Painter

The impressions which Paul Klee (1879-1940) collected on his journey to Tunisia in 1914, and especially to the city of Kairouan, were of fundamental significance. A few years later, in 1921, Wilhelm Hausenstein placed his friend Paul Klee at the centre of his book Kairouan and was thus one of the first people to recognise the artist's genius.

This commented edition combines Hausenstein's original text with important works by Paul Klee. It grants an incomparable insight into the life of Paul Klee as an artist within the context of European art and society.