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Which French artists influenced Paul Kleeās work before 1911?
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Before 1911, Paul Klee began addressing his relative ignorance of modern French art by visiting Paris in 1905, where he took particular note of the Impressionists.1
Between 1906 and 1909, he became acquainted with the work of the Post-Impressionists, specifically Vincent van Gogh and Paul CĆ©zanne. These influences, along with his exploration of children's drawings, helped impart a new freedom of expression and stylistic willfulness to his work during this period.1