Alexander Klee is the son of the founder Felix Klee and grandson of the painter Paul Klee . Initially raised in Würzburg , he moved to Switzerland with his parents in 1948. In 1958 he graduated from the École de photographie in Vevey . From 1963 he worked as a press photographer in Zurich , from 1970 to 1975 as a bookseller, graphic artist and painter in Bern , and since 1976 as a freelance artist in Bern and Provence . After his father's death in 1990, he was committed to founding the Paul Klee Museum in Bern, which opened in 2005 in the form of the Zentrum Paul Klee . Alexander Klee is also an art collector; more than 850 works from his possession are on permanent loan at the Zentrum Paul Klee. He also sits on the centre's board of trustees as administrator of his father's estate.
Works (selection)
For escort . In: Thomas Kain, Mona Meister, Franz-Joachim Verspohl (ed.): Paul Klee in Jena 1924. The lecture . Minerva. Jenaer Schriften zur Kunstgeschichte, Volume 10, Art History Seminar, Jenoptik AG , Druckhaus Gera, Jena 1999, ISBN 3-932081-34-X
Drawings . In: Hermann Schreiber: Provence, Magic of the South , Bern / Stuttgart 1974
6 etchings, 6 texts , Gümlingen 1981
Night gardens. Ginasservis 1986
Texts . In: Georges Item: Anges = Engel , Biel 1992
