Franz Marc
Franz Moritz Wilhelm Marc (8 February 1880 – 4 March 1916) was a German painter and printmaker, one of the key figures of the German Expressionist movement. He was a founding member of Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider), a journal whose name later became synonymous with the circle of artists collaborating in it.
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| Franz Marc in 1910 | |
| Born | 8 February 1880 Munich, Bavaria, German Empire |
| Died | 4 March 1916 (aged 36), while battling in World War 1 Braquis, France |
| Nationality | German |
| Field | Painting |
| Training | Academy of Fine Arts, Munich |
| Movement | Expressionism |
| Works | paintings: Fate of the Animals, The Tower of Blue Horses, The Yellow Cow, Blue Horses, journal: Der Blaue Reiter |
Franz Marc Media
Blaues Pferd I, Blue Horse I (1911)
The military person's estate of Franz Marc on display in a museum
Die großen blauen Pferde, The Large Blue Horses (1911)
Plaque on the house where Marc was born
Die gelbe Kuh, The Yellow Cow (1911), Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
Fuchs, Fox (1911), Von der Heydt Museum in Wuppertal
Roter Stier, Red Bull (1912), Pushkin Museum in Moscow
Der Traum, The Dream (1912), Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid
Das Äffchen, The Little Monkey (1912), Lenbachhaus, Munich
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