Villa R

Paul Klee

1919 · Oil on cardboard · Kunstmuseum Basel

Size2:3 ratio

Frame

$59Unframed print · made to order

📦 Free shipping on every order, arriving in 4–9 business days with production included. Express ($14.90) at checkout arrives in 4–6 business days.

Complete the setHangs well with these two

This print

Villa R

Ancient Sound, Abstract on Black

Castle and Sun

3 × $59 at 16 × 24 in, unframed = $177 → $159.30 as a set · 10% included · free shipping

Choose different prints →

Giclée-printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper

Free shipping worldwide · arrives in 4–9 business days

Arrives perfect or we reprint it — free

Secure checkout via Stripe

About this work

Artist: Paul Klee (1879–1940)
Year: 1919
Medium: Oil on cardboard
Original size: 26.5 × 22.4 cm
Collection: Kunstmuseum Basel
Movement: Expressionism

A white villa built from small planes of colour stands where a winding red road crosses a dark hillside, under a yellow full moon and a pale green crescent; in the foreground a large green capital R stands in the landscape as if it belonged there. Brown mountains run across the top. Klee painted it on cardboard in 1919 in Munich, soon after his release from military service. The letter has been linked to a Villa Rosa he saw on his travels through Italy in the early 1900s, but Klee never explained it, and letters and signs were becoming part of his pictorial language at this time. Removed from a Frankfurt collection by the Nazi regime as degenerate art, the painting was bought by the Kunstmuseum Basel at the Lucerne auction of 1939.

This exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.

Where it works

A white villa under a yellow moon beside a red road and a large green letter R, for a child's room, hallway or study at 24×36 in natural wood. A deep green, terracotta or warm white wall; it pairs with Red Balloon.

Style, size & framing detail

Style: Exhibition poster of a Expressionism painting
Era: 20th century (1919)
Orientation: Portrait
Palette: cream & beige
Mood: classic
Rooms: hallway or entryway, study or library, kids room, living room, dining room
Good gift for: housewarming, art lovers

Size. We'd hang this one at 24×36. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.

Framing. Exhibition posters sit best in a slim black frame with no mat — the typeset margin is the mat.

Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).

Details & materials

• Exhibition poster — original, drawn in-house • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in; every size also available framed • Framed option: wood frame in black or natural wood, 12 mm wide and 22 mm deep, with a plexiglass front and no mat; the print is mounted inside and the frame's outside measures the listed size • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

Shipping & returns

Printed after you order at the facility nearest you, then shipped. Standard delivery is free and takes 4–9 business days from order to door in the US, UK and EU (up to 10 elsewhere); Express takes 4–6 business days. Because each print is made to order we don't take change-of-mind returns, but if it arrives damaged or flawed we'll reprint or refund it — no return needed. Full policy →

Is this the whole painting, or a crop?

The whole work, uncropped. The exhibition-poster edition sets the complete image above typography designed in-house.

Is Villa R in the public domain?

Yes. Paul Klee (1879–1940) died more than 70 years ago and the work was published before 1929, so the painting itself is public domain. This print is a reproduction made from a high-resolution scan of the original, which is held by Kunstmuseum Basel.

What is it printed on?

Heavyweight matte fine-art paper with pigment inks, made to order in 12×18, 16×24 and 24×36 inches; every size is also offered framed in black or natural wood, with plexiglass and no mat. Colours are matched to the scan, not brightened.

When was Villa R painted, and in what medium?

Villa R dates from 1919 and was made in oil on cardboard; the original measures 26.5 × 22.4 cm.

What size works above a sofa or bed?

Across a three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 24×36 is the size that reads as one statement piece; 16×24 suits a narrower wall or a pair. For Villa R we'd choose 24×36.

About this design

A museum-exhibition poster of Paul Klee's Villa R — a dark landscape with a little house, a crescent moon and a large green letter R — shown whole and uncropped beneath gallery typography. Klee: Line, Colour and Play, styled as a blockbuster exhibition print. A gallery-style exhibition poster: a celebrated public-domain artwork shown whole and uncropped beneath original exhibition typography set in-house — printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper. Every size is offered unframed or framed in black or natural wood. Part of the Madten Exhibition Posters Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

Buy with confidence

The Madten promise

Gallery-grade archival giclée. Rich pigment inks on heavyweight fine-art paper (or gallery-wrapped canvas) — built to last, not a poster-shop print.

Arrives perfect or we reprint it — free. Every piece is made to order; if it shows up damaged or flawed we remake it, no return needed.

Free worldwide shipping. Made & shipped from the facility nearest you — most orders arrive in 4–9 business days.

Secure checkout. Payments handled by Stripe; we never see or store your card.

Also available as