Redgreen and Violet-Yellow Rhythms, 1920, Oil and ink on cardboard, 14 3/4 x 13 1/4in. (37. 5 x 33. 7cm), Paintings, Paul Klee (German (born Switzerland), Munchenbuchsee 1879?1940 Muralto-Locarno), Klee did not embrace abstraction in sheer pursuit of some deep spiritual goal, as did Kandinsky and Mondrian. Instead, as his titles playfully indicate, he just tried to keep reality at bay. When the artist began to work earnestly in oil in 1919, he painted a series of small works, mostly on cardboard, that had as their subject matter magic landscapes or gardens