Category:Paul Klee

Paul Klee (1879–1940)
	Description	German-Swiss painter
	Date of birth/death	18 December 1879(1879-12-18)	29 June 1940(1940-06-29)
	Location of birth/death	Münchenbuchsee	Muralto
	Authority control	LCCN: n79093306 | PND: 118562827 | VIAF: 68931085 | WorldCat | WP-Person

Switzerland had a copyright term of 50 years p.m.a. until 1993, and the extension to 70 years p.m.a. made in 1993 did not restore already expired copyrights. As Paul Klee died in 1940, the copyright on his works therefore expired on January 1, 1991 in Switzerland. Copyright in countries with 70 years p.m.a. (e.g. European Union) expired on January 1, 2011. Whether works by Paul Klee published after 1922 are in the public domain in the U.S., too, therefore depends on whether the individual work in question is considered to be a work from Switzerland. This may be difficult to determine in some cases, as Klee lived for a long time in Germany, but emigrated back to Switzerland in 1933 where he then lived for the rest of his life. It can probably be assumed that works by Klee published prior to 1923 are free both in the U.S., in Switzerland and in Germany as in the rest of the EU, as well as works first published in Switzerland after 1933 (because, as Swiss works, they lost their copyright in the country of origin in 1991 and were thus not protected on the URAA date of January 1, 1996). Klee works published from 1923 to 1933 may not be in the public domain in the U.S.

• Paul Klee (1879–1940)