senecio scheepvaartmuseum The work is on loan

The work is on loan from a private collection

The warm colors – ochre

This iconic work was shown at the very first Impressionist exhibition in 1874

Senecio is a portrait whose expression stays with you

senecio scheepvaartmuseum The work is on loanPaul Klee painted Senecio in 1922 while working at the Bauhaus art school in Weimar. You see a round face, built up from patches of orange, pink, yellow and white. The eyes are not level. The expression is hard to place: it seems to sit somewhere between calm and confusion. The official name of the painting is 'Head of a Man Going Senile', but the face feels both childlike and wise at the same time. There is something in it that stays with you. The