Custom handmade rug after Paul Klee‘s painting Fire in the Evening

A rich, glowing interpretation of Fire in the Evening (1929) by Paul Klee, translated into a timeless handmade rug.
The vibrant shades and rhythmic geometry evoke warmth, structure, and the quiet intensity of the desert at dusk, echoing Klee’s impressions from his journey to Egypt.

To honour the delicate depth of this work, we custom-dye nineteen distinct shades and craft your rug knot by knot.
Each piece is a quiet meditation on colour, care, and time—handmade with lasting intention.

Details:

• Suggested rug sizes:
  • 80 x 200 cm (2.6 x 6.6 ft)
  • 100 x 250 cm (3.3 x 8.2 ft)
  • 120 x 300 cm (3.9 x 9.8 ft)
  • or request your custom rug size
• Design inspired by Fire in the Evening by Paul Klee
• Technique options:
  •  Handtufted
  • Tibetan handknotted, 100 knots per square inch
• Material: New Zealand wool
  • Included alternatives: Semi-worsted wool, Linen, Tencel™
  • Premium upgrades: Mohair, Silk (please contact us)
  • We are happy to advise the best material for your lifestyle and space
• Delivery time: approx. 12 weeks, depending on size and technique
• Numbered limited edition of 100 rugs
• Certified fair-trade production in India

Each piece is made to order—crafted with care and purpose, using only the necessary resources. By avoiding unnecessary stock and waste, we honour both the artwork and the environment.

More than a translation, this rug is a respectful homage to Paul Klee’s vision; crafted with intention, clarity, and deep reverence for the creative mind that shaped the original.

Find out more about our techniques and materials.

About the artwork this rug is inspired on: Fire in the Evening

A red fire glows like a beacon in a desert at day’s end, recalling Klee’s journey along the Nile. The horizontal and vertical tensions—delicate, deliberate—speak to his lifelong inquiry into balance and structure.

In a Bauhaus lecture in 1921, Klee described it this way:

“A Sense of Equilibrium, an element of artistic creation…When the base widens, the horizontal widens with it at the expense of the vertical. A very considerable relaxation occurs then, an epic moment in relationship to the dramatic character of the vertical. Which obviously does not exclude an evaluation of the thrusts from each side of the axis. The vertical is always present! The weight of the forces is only excluded at the moment the diagonal disappears and the balance is immobilized, as, for example, in the case of the most primitive rhythm of the structure in which only horizontals or verticals are present.”

This artwork brings that equilibrium into your space: steady, luminous, alive.

About the artist: Paul Klee

“Color is the place where our brain and the universe meet.”

Paul Klee

Born in 1879 near Bern, Swiss artist Paul Klee grew up immersed in music and art. His path brought him from Munich to Tunisia, from the Parisian avant-garde to the Bauhaus, where he taught alongside Kandinsky and Feininger.

Klee’s fascination with colour, structure, and the poetic unseen led to an extraordinary body of work, now exhibited worldwide.

Today, his vision lives on—not only in museums, but in your home, transformed into a one-of-a-kind handmade rug.

Disclaimer: Due to the handmade process and use of natural materials, slight variations (up to 3%) in size and colour may occur.