German1880–1916
Franz Marc
A German painter who co-founded Der Blaue Reiter and painted animals, especially horses, in symbolic colours. He was killed in the First World War in 1916.
A life in paintings
- 1880Born
- 1911The first Blaue Reiter exhibition
Kandinsky and Marc open their exhibition in Munich, arguing that colour can express the spiritual.
Worked with Wassily KandinskyMunichKandinsky and Marc founded Der Blaue Reiter together and were sole editors of its 1912 almanac.
Source: Wikipedia - 1913
- 1914The First World War begins
War breaks out. Marc volunteers; he is killed at Verdun in 1916.
- 1916Died
Circles
Group · Munich · 1911
Der Blaue Reiter
Named after the almanac Kandinsky and Marc edited. First exhibition Dec 1911 at Thannhauser, Munich: 43 works by 14 artists, including Delaunay and Henri Rousseau. Ended with the war (Macke killed 1914, Marc 1916).
Society · Munich · 1909
Neue Künstlervereinigung München
Founded early 1909 by Jawlensky, Kandinsky, Münter, Werefkin and others; annual shows at Thannhauser 1909-1911. Marc joined in 1911; the Kandinsky-Marc split that December produced Der Blaue Reiter.