Hammamet, Tunisia

Happy birthday to Paul Klee, born on this day in 1879. In 1914, Klee visited Tunisia. The experience was the turning point in his life and career. The limpid light of North Africa awakened his sense of color. During his stay, Klee gradually detached color from physical description and used it independently, which gave him the final needed push toward abstraction. http://met.org/1k5rD8A

Paul Klee (German (born Switzerland), 1879–1940) | Hammamet with Its Mosque | 1914

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In the 13th century, walls around town were built and medina of Hammamet was built in ... Paul Klee, whose painting Hammamet with its Mosque (1918) is in the  ...

哈馬馬特（阿拉伯語：الحمامات‎）是一座突尼西亞海濱城市，位於突尼西亞北部卡本半島南岸，瀕臨哈馬馬特灣。哈馬馬特分為「麥地那」老城和旅遊區兩部分。老城為10世由阿拉伯人建造，現仍保持著古代的面貌。現為突尼西亞著名的海濱療養勝地。