Franz Marc
Born: 08 February 1880; Munich, Germany
Died: 04 March 1916; Braquis, France
Field: painting, printmaking
Nationality: German
Art Movement: Expressionism
School or Group: Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider)
Genre: wildlife painting, animal painting
Portrait of Franz Marc by August Macke
Franz Marc (February 8, 1880 – March 4, 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.
Franz Marc gave an emotional meaning or purpose to the colors he used in his work: blue was used to portray masculinity and spirituality, yellow represented feminine joy, and red encased the sound of violence.
Expressionism was a modernist movement, initially in poetry and painting, originating in Germany at the beginning of the 20th century. Its typical trait is to present the world solely from a subjective perspective, distorting it radically for emotional effect in order to evoke moods or ideas. Expressionist artists sought to express meaning or emotional experience rather than physical reality.
Gallery:
Tiger (1912)
Die weiße Katze, The White Cat (1912)
Das Äffchen, The Monkey (1912)
Liegender Hund im Schnee, Dog Lying in the Snow (1910–11)
Blue Horse I
The Red Horses
Yellow Cow