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All is well with me. The rain doesn't reach me, my room is well heated, what more can one ask for? There's no shortage of work, either.

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Paul Klee
Age: 61 †
Born: 1879
Born: February 18
Died: 1940
Died: May 29
Designer
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Visual Artist
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