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The Nazis didn't care that Paul Klee wasn't Jewish

JL;DR SUMMARY Paul Klee, a renowned German artist and a pivotal figure in abstract, surrealist, and expressionist art, is re-examined in "Paul Klee: Other Possible Worlds," an exhibit at The Jewish Museum in New York. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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AuthoritarianismNazi GermanyFascismJewish MuseumSurrealismAbstract ArtDegenerate ArtPolitical ArtPaul Klee

Places mentioned

Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
"It was the year he was removed from his teaching position at the Dsseldorf Academy of Art, in response to pressure from the new regime."
Switzerland
"Klee, along with his wife Lily and son Felix, fled to Switzerland."
New York, United States
"But a new exhibit, Paul Klee: Other Possible Worlds, opening this week at the Jewish Museum in New York, is looking to change that."

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