Representative work by August Macke
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August Macke

1887–1914 · German

August Macke developed a luminous modernism shaped by French painting, Der Blaue Reiter and a 1914 trip to Tunisia with Paul Klee and Louis Moilliet. Shop windows, parks and strolling figures became vehicles for translucent color and rhythmic structure.

Painting; watercolor; drawing

Major Works

  • 1913Lady in a Green Jacket
  • 1913Promenade
  • 1914Hat Shop
  • 1914Tightrope Walker
  • 1914Turkish Café
  • 1914View into a Lane
  • 1913Colored Forms I
  • 1908Sunny Garden
  • 1914Girls under Trees
  • 1914Market in Tunis

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