Captive 1940

"Captive" is a 1940 painting by Paul Klee, created just a year before the artist's death. This painting exemplifies Klee's signature style of abstract expressionism, characterized by bold, black lines and geometric shapes juxtaposed against a muted blue and purple background. This work is considered a haunting representation of confinement and isolation, a theme that likely resonates with the artist's own anxieties in the face of World War II.