Paul Knothe trained as a decorative painter from 1911 to 1914 and subsequently studied at the Dresden Art Academy and the Bauhaus Dessau under Paul Klee. From 1930, he worked as a freelance artist in Dresden, until a painting ban was imposed and part of his work was destroyed in 1933; he then moved to Cologne and later to Düsseldorf. After 1946, he dedicated himself entirely to painting again. His work can be classified as Expressionism, Cubism, and Futurism; he signed his works, among others, with "Knothe", "PaulKa", and "Paul Kaan".
In the collection: "Abstract Cubist Composition", "An Expressive Improvisation: Bitchy Affair", "Underworld".
