TY - JOUR T1 - ANgelus novus AU - Harris JC Y1 - 2006/11/01 N1 - 10.1001/archpsyc.63.11.1177 JO - Archives of General Psychiatry SP - 1177 EP - 1177 VL - 63 IS - 11 N2 - On the same day in March 1916 that 36-year-old Paul Klee (1879-1940) received his red slip notifying him of his conscription into the German army, a telegram arrived announcing that his close friend and fellow artist, Franz Marc (1880-1916), had been killed by a grenade at the Battle of Verdun. Klee and Marc held opposing views about the war; Marc actively supported it, but Klee was indifferent to Marc's war: it did not affect him internally; the real war was already within himself. His friend's death was a time for soul searching and reflecting on their differences in personality and style. Contrasting himself to Marc, he wrote: SN - 0003-990X M3 - doi: 10.1001/archpsyc.63.11.1177 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpsyc.63.11.1177 ER -