Fleeing Ghost

Fleeing Ghost

Paul Klee

1929

oil

From the collection of Art Institute of Chicago

About this work

This painting is called "Fleeing Ghost." It's a picture of a person running away. The person is made of simple shapes like triangles and circles. They have a big head and a small body. The person's face is a circle with a line for a mouth and two lines for eyes. They have two arms and two legs. The background is orange with red and black lines. The person in the painting is running, but they don't have any feet. They are just floating on the ground. The painting is very simple, but it still looks interesting. The artist used a lot of lines to make the painting look more detailed. If you like this painting, you might also like the work of Paul Klee.

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