Representative work by Franz Marc
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Franz Marc

1880–1916 · German

Franz Marc co-founded Der Blaue Reiter with Wassily Kandinsky and developed a highly symbolic language centered on animals, landscape and color. His forms became increasingly faceted and abstract before he was killed in World War I.

Painting; drawing; printmaking

Major Works

  • 1911Blue Horse I
  • 1911The Large Blue Horses
  • 1911Yellow Cow
  • 1913The Fate of the Animals
  • 1912Tiger
  • 1913The Tower of Blue Horses
  • 1913The Foxes
  • 1913Deer in the Forest I
  • 1914Fighting Forms
  • 1911The Little Blue Horses

Interviews & Writing

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