Paul Klee - Red and yellow houses in Tunis, 1914

Zentrum Paul Klee EN

As architecture follows certain patterns, structures and rules, mostly in geometrical forms, the structure of a painting should do the same. At first glance the motif breaks down into many coloured planes. A particular pattern slowly appears, stripes seem to run through the painting horizontally and vertically. The primary colours red, yellow and blue accentuate the composition, to which the title alludes.