Franz Marc was born on February 8, 1880, in Munich. The son of a landscape painter, he decided to become an artist after a year of military service interrupted his plans to study philology. From 1900 to 1902 he studied at the Kunstakademie in Munich with Gabriel Hackl and Wilhelm von Diez. The following year, during a visit to France, he was introduced to Japanese woodcuts and the work of the Impressionists in Paris.
Marc suffered from severe depression from 1904 to 1907. In 1907 he went again to Paris, where he responded enthusiastically to the work of Paul Gauguin, Vincent van Gogh, the Cubists, and the Expressionists; later, he was impressed by the Henri Matisse exhibition in Munich in 1910. During this period he received steady income from the animal-anatomy lessons he gave to artists.
In 1910 Marc’s first solo show was held at Kunsthandlung Brackl, Munich; and he met August Macke and the collector Bernhard Koehler. He publicly defended the Neue Künstlervereinigung München (NKVM) and was formally welcomed into the group early in 1911, when he met Vasily Kandinsky. After internal dissension split the NKVM, he and Kandinsky formed Der Blaue Reiter, whose first exhibition took place in December 1911 at Heinrich Thannhauser’s Moderne Galerie, Munich. Marc invited members of the Berlin Brücke group to participate in the second Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider) show two months later at the Galerie Hans Goltz, Munich. Der Blaue Reiter Almanac was published with lead articles by Marc in May 1912. When World War I broke out in August 1914 Marc immediately enlisted. He was deeply troubled by Macke’s death in action shortly thereafter; during the war, he produced his Sketchbook from the Field. Marc died on March 4, 1916, in Braquis, near Verdun-sur-Meuse, France.
This is part 6 of a 7-part series on the works of Franz Marc:
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| 1913 Elephant pencil on paper 15.2 x 11.5 cm Museum of Modern Art, New York |
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| 1913 Fabulous Beasts (Composition of Animals) tempera and gouache on paper 25.5 x 31.5 cm |
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| 1913 Fate of the Animals oil on canvas 195 x 263.5 cm Kunstmuseum, Basel |
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| 1913 Foxes oil on canvas 87 x 66 cm Museum kunst palast, Düsseldorf |
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| 1913 Gazelles tempera on cardboard 55.5 x 71.3 cm Franz Marc Museum, Kochel am See, Germany |
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| 1913 Horse and Hedgehog woodcut 15.9 x 21.9 cm (image) Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York |
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| 1913 Horse pen and brush and black ink and grey wash, with graphite, on tan wove paper 22 x 16.6 cm Art Institute of Chicago, IL |
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| 1913 Jumping Horse gouache and watercolour on paper laid down on board 39.7 x 45.7 cm |
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| 1913 Landscape with a red Animal postcard from Sindelsdorf to Alfred Kubin in Wernstein/Zwickledt watercolour, ink and gouache 9 x 14 cm Municipal Gallery in the Lenbachhaus and Kunstbau Munich |
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| 1913 Landscape with Rainbow oil on hessian 111.2 x 46.5 cm Städtisches Museum Abteiberg Mönchengladbach |
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| 1913 Leaping Horses woodcut on Japan paper stained light blue 29.2 x 20 cm Municipal Gallery in the Lenbachhaus and Kunstbau Munich |
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| 1913 The Lion Hunt (after Delacroix -see below) woodcut 23.8 x 27.2 cm (image) note: cut as Delacroix's - reversed in printing Museum of Modern Art, New York |
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| 1855 The Lion Hunt by Eugène Delacroix oil on canvas 57 x 74 cm National Museum, Stockholm |
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| 1913 Red Deer watercolour, gouache, and graphite on paper 41.2 x 33.9 cm Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York |
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| 1913 Red and yellow horses gouache and watercolour on paper 12 x 15.3 cm |
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| 1913 Playing Cats oil on canvas 44.5 x 66.5 cm Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart |
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| 1913 Noah with the Foxes gouache, watercolour, wash, pen and ink and brush and ink on paper 46 x 40 cm |
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| 1913 Mountain Landscape with Rainbow oil on hessian 116 x 50 cm Kunsthaus Zug Depositum Stiftung Sammlung Kamm |
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| 1913 Mountain Goats oil on canvas 74 x 59 cm Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich |
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| 1913 Middle part of a Three-part Firescreen with Landscape and Animal-like Elements oil on hessian 116.5 x 32 cm Kunstmuseum Mülheim an der Ruhr, Sammlung Ziegler |
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| 1913 Mandrill oil on canvas 91 x 131 cm Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich Schenkung Sophie und Emanuel Fohn |
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| 1913 Madrill watercolour, tempera and pencil on paper 22.2 x 17 cm Municipal Gallery in the Lenbachhaus and Kunstbau Munich |
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| 1913 Lying Kitten watercolour and pencil on paper 12.5 x 20 cm |
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| 1913 Red Horse and yellow Cattle postcard from Sindelsdorf to Alfred Kubin in Wernstein-Zwickledt watercolour, gouache, ink and collage 14.9 cm Municipal Gallery in the Lenbachhaus and Kunstbau Munich |
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| 1913 Riding School, after Ridinger woodcut 26.9 x 29.8 cm (image) Museum of Modern Art, New York |
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| 1913 Seated Saint (Byzantine Caint) postcard from Sindelsdorf to Wassily Kandinsky in Munich tempera, oil and collage, varnished 14 x 9 cm Municipal Gallery in the Lenbachhaus and Kunstbau Munich |
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| 1913 Small Composition oil on canvas 46.5 x 41.5 cm Private Collection |
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| 1913 Small Picture with Cattle oil on cardboard 29 x 51 cm Museum Ludwig, Cologne |
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| 1913 St. Julian the Hospitaler watercolour, gouache, and bronze powder on paper 46 x 40.2 cm Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York |
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| 1913 Stables oil on canvas 73.6 x 157.5 cm Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York |
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| 1913 The Bewitched Mill oil on canvas 130.2 x 90.8 cm Art Institute of Chicago, IL |
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| 1913 The Birth of the Horses colour woodblock in four colours 21.4 x 14.5 cm (image) Städel Museum, Frankfurt, Germany |
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| 1913 The Blue Foals oil o canvas 55.7 x 38.5 cm Kunsthalle in Emden |
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| 1913 The Long Yellow Horse oil on paper mounted on cardboard 60 x 80 cm Nassau County Division of Museums at the Sands Point Preserve |
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| 1913 The Riding School woodcut 27 x 29 cm (image) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1913 The Tower of Blue Horses oil on canvas 200 x 130 cm (whereabouts unknown since end of World War II) |
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| 1913 The Unfortunate Land of Tyrol oil on canvas 131.1 x 200 cm Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York |
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| 1913 The Wolves (Balkan War) oil on canvas 70.8 x 139.7 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, New York |
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| 1913 The World Cow oil on canvas 70.7 x 141.3 cm Museum of Modern Art, New York |
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| 1913 Three Cats oil on canvas 72 x 102 cm Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf |
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| 1913 Three Horses oil on paper mounted on cardboard 60 x 75 cm Private Collection |
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| 1913 Three horses with abstract shapes pencil on paper 12.1 x 15.3 cm |
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| 1913 Two animals postcard from Sindelsdorf to Wassily Kandinsky in Munich pencil, ink and watercolour on cardboard 9.1 x 14 cm Municipal Gallery in the Lenbachhaus and Kunstbau Munich |
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| 1913 Two blue horses in front of a red rock postcard from Sindelsdorf to Wassily Kandinsky in Munich watercolour and gouache, varnished 14 x 9 cm Municipal Gallery in the Lenbachhaus and Kunstbau Munich |
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| 1913 Two Blue Horses watercolour and ink on paper 20 x 13.3 cm Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York |
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| 1913 Two Horses tempera and gouache on paper 39.2 x 45.4 cm |
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