"Kley studied "practical arts" at the Karlsruhe Akademie and finished his studies in Munich.[1] His early works were conventional portraits, landscapes, still lifes, city scenes and historical paintings. From about 1892 he won a reputation as an "industry artist", painting manufacturing scenes in oils and watercolors. They proved his deep understanding of the modern machine world. Kley attained greater notoriety with his sometimes darkly humorous pen drawings, published in Jugend and the notorious Simplicissimus.

The date of Kley's death is uncertain. Rumors initially suggested his demise in the early 1940s. It is also suggested that Kley died on August 2, 1945. Some sources mention the time of death on February 8, 1952.

Cartoonist Joe Grant was well aware of Kley's work and introduced his drawings to Walt Disney, who built an extensive private collection. A number of early Disney productions, notably Fantasia, reveal Kley's inspiration.

Due to Disney's interest and reprints by Dover Publications, Kley is still known in the USA, while he is nowadays little regarded in Germany." - quote source

"Alongside artists such as Arik Brauer, Ernst Fuchs and Rudolf Hausner, he is one of the representatives of the Vienna School of Fantastic Realism."

Artwork and quote found at Dorotheum.

Painting No. 21 (side A), 1970-73

Painting No. 21 (side B), 1970-73

Painting No. 21 (side B), 1970-73

Grabado #18, 1973

Gears, 1960
 Title Unknown, 1979
 Flintskallig, 1994
 Joint Engineering
 Title Unknown, 1979 Painting 1923, 1960

 Title Unknown, 1961
 On the battle front, nothing new, 1990-91
 Kroppsväcktaren, 1984
 Kapitoleum

Snovit

Sketch for 34 o'clock

Sketch for painting no 26
 Mussepiggpartiet
 Untitled sketch
 Title Unknown, 1991
 Etching No. 14, 1966

Sketch for painting 34

Sexual Motifs 3

Sexual Motifs 2
 Sexual Motifs 1

Sexual Motifs 4" See more at Rahmberg's website.

Artwork found at Bukowskis.

Interior art for Edgar Allan Poe's "Tales of Mystery and Imagination"  (1936)

"Say, rather, the rending of her coffin." Interior art for Edgar Allan Poe's Tale "The Fall of the House of Usher." (1936)

"It was the most noisome quarter of London." Illustration from Edgar Allan Poe's Tale "The Man of the Crowd"(1936)

"He shrieked once, once only." Art for Poe's "Tales of Mystery & Imagination" (1936)

"An attachment which seemed to attain new strength." Art for Poe's Tale "Metzengerstein" (1936)

"Gnashing its teeth and flashing fire from its eyes, it flew upon the body of the girl." Art for Poe's "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" (1936)

"The dagger dropped gleaming upon the sable carpet." Art for Poe's "The Pit and the Pendulum" (1936)

"I had walled the monster up within the tomb!"  Art for Poe's "The Black Cat" (1936)

"It was a fearful page in the record of my existence." Art for Poe's Tale "Berenice." (1936)

"But, for many minutes, the heart beat on with a muffled sound." Art  for Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart" (1936)

 "They swarmed upon me in ever-accumulating heaps." Art for Poe's "The Pit and the Pendulum" (1936)

Edgar Allan Poe's "Fall of the House of Usher", 1936

"Deep, deep, and forever, into some ordinary and nameless grave." Art for Edgar Allan Poe's "The Premature Burial", 1936


Edgar Allan Poe's "Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar" 1936

Edgar Allan Poe's "King's Pest", 1936

"Methinks, a million fools in choir are raving and will never tire." interior art for Goethe's Faust, 1927

Margaret: "Drest thus, I seem a different creature!" Art for Goethe's Faust, 1927

Mephistopheles: "Is there anything in my poor power to serve you?" Art for Goethe's Faust, 1927

Siebel: "Clustering grapes invite the hand." Art for Goethe's Faust, 1927

Mephistopheles: "Come - she is judged!" Art for Goethe's Faust, 1927

Mephistopheles: "Forward! forward! faster! faster!" Art for Goethe's Faust, 1927

Illustration for Faust, 1925


 Decoration in "Faust" by Goethe, 1925

Margaret: "Does not death lurk without?" Art by Harry Clarke for Goethe's Faust (1927)

Wizards and Warlocks: "On a road like this men droop and drivel, while woman goes fearless and fast to the devil." Art by Harry Clarke for Goethe's Faust (1927)

Tailpiece for Goethe's Faust (1927). Signed, Limited American Edition

"How heavenly Fair the Form that shines: in this enchanted glass" interior art for Goethe's Faust, 1927


"I'll fly from this place, with one bound, to hell, or anywhere, to leave 'em." 1935

"Let him have his head cut off!"From "The Traveling Companion" from Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales, 1916

“‘I know what you want,’ said the sea witch." Illustration from "The Little Sea Maid," Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen, 1916

"How do you manage to come on the great rolling river?"From "The Snow Queen" from Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales, 1916

"'Music! Music!' cried the Emperor. 'You little precious golden bird, sing!'" From "The Nightingale" from Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales, 1916

"'But how will I find the money?' asked the soldier."From "The Tinder Box," from Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales, 1916

"'Don't give yourself airs,' said the old man."From "The Elf Hill" from Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales, 1916

Silence

Illustration from Selected Poems of Charles Swinburne, 1928

Art for the Poem "The Leper" by Harry Clarke in "Selected Poems of Algernon Charles Swinburne" (1928)

Art for the Poem "Faustine" by Harry Clarke in "Selected Poems of Algernon Charles Swinburne" (1928)

"The Last Hour of the Night,"  illustration for Dublin of the Future, 1922

Judith slaying Holofernes, early 20th C

Harry Clarke - Mephistopheles, for "Faust" by Goethe, 1925



Decoration in "Faust" by Goethe, 1925

Decoration in "Faust" by Goethe, 1925

Decoration in "Faust" by Goethe, 1925

Decoration in "Faust" by Goethe, 1925

Decoration in "Faust" by Goethe, 1925

Interior art from Edgar Allan Poe's "Tales of Mystery and Imagination" 1923

Interior art from Edgar Allan Poe's "Tales of Mystery and Imagination" 1923

Interior decoration from Selected Poems of Charles Swinburne, 1928

Interior decoration from Selected Poems of Charles Swinburne, 1928


A brief biography of the artist can be found at Wikipedia. 

Artwork found at Dorotheum.

Illustration from "The Beauty and the Beast", 1970

What I wanted to say ... with self-expression, 1970

Figures, 1970

Frog King - from "The Beauty and the Beast" series



Untitled, 1971

Second illustration from "The Beauty and the Beast", 1970



From Series "The Beauty and the Beast", 1995

Erotic Representations

The Big Fight, 1979

Most artworks found at Dorotheum.

'Taumel' or 'Frenzy'

'Gluckspiel' or 'Game of Chance'

'The Devil as Matchmaker'


Artworks found at the online collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

Artworks found at the online collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

See more drawings by the artist here.

Artworks found at the Royal Academy of Arts.

Artworks found at the Sergei Sharov site.

Painting from Ray Bradbury’s art collection.





Photo from the Saturday Evening Post found here.

Artworks found at Rijks Museum.

The Apparition, 1973

The Hall of Spiders, 1973

The Dark Breakfast, 1973

Swelter Rehearsing, 1973

On the Way to the Doctor, 1974

The Flood, 1974

Steerpike at Bay, 1974

Titus's Tenth Birthday, 1974

The Skeletons, 1974

Frontispiece illustration for Uncle Silas, 1947.

Cover from "Ghost Stories And Other Horrid Tales" 1997.

Illustration from "Ghost Stories And Other Horrid Tales" 1997

Haunted #1 (March 1963)

Most artworks found at The Royal Academy.

Artist previously shared here.

Watcher of the South East

The Watcher of the North East

The North West Watcher

The Light

South-West Watcher

The Lesser Redoubt


Illustrations for "The Dream of X" written by William Hope Hodgson. The novel was originally released in 1912, these illustrations are from an edition published in 1977.

Artworks originally shared here in 2010.

Most artworks found at the Heritage Auctions site.
There isn't much there but Stephen's website can be found here.