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Franz Marc (Germany) 1880- |  ARTIST PROFILE
German painter, who was one of the leading members of the expressionist Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider) group. He was born in Munich. Marc is best known for his paintings of animals—particularly horses and deer—in which he attempted to express his mystical veneration of nature. In works such as
Blue Horses (1911, Walker Art Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota), he used stylized lines and curves and brilliant unrealistic color to create and heighten the sense of nature idealized. After 1913, in response to cubism and futurism, he turned to abstraction, creating moods of clashing, discordant uncertainty.
He was killed in action during World War I.
"Marc, Franz," Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2001
http://encarta.msn.com © 1997-2001 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
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 Minneapolis : Franz Marc and the Blue Rider, together with other Expressionists
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 | | Title: | Gazelles | | Medium: | 1913, dimensions 55?71cm, Tempera on paper | | Exhibited at: | Private collection | |
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 | | Title: | Large Blue Horses | | Medium: | 1911, dimensions 103?180cm, Oil on canvas | | Exhibited at: | Walker Art Center | |
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