Movement · 1910s
Der Blaue Reiter
The Blue Rider was the name Kandinsky and Franz Marc gave to their almanac and to group shows in Munich from 1911, after they left the New Artists' Association of Munich. It was a loose network rather than a school, sought to express spiritual feeling through art, greatly influenced the development of abstraction, and ended with the First World War in 1914.
Where it came from, where it went
- Grew out of1900sExpressionism
Artists distorted form and used strong color to convey emotion.
- This movement1910sDer Blaue Reiter
- Led to1900sAbstract Art
Art that does not depict recognizable subjects, or reduces them to color, line, and form.
- 1930sBauhaus
A German school that joined art, craft, and design around functional modern forms.
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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).
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