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 4 of a 7-part series on the works of Franz Marc:
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| 1911 The Small Blue Horses (very similar to "The Large Blue Horses" in part 3) oil on canvas 61.5 x 101 cm Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart |
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| 1911 Three Deer oil on paper 60 x 81 cm (Location Unknown) |
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| 1911 Two Cats oil? on wood panel 98 x 74 cm (location unknown) |
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| 1911 Weasels at Play oil on canvas 101 x 68 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
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| 1911 White Bull oil on canvas 100 x 135.2 cm Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York |
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| 1911 Wood-bearer oil on canvas 140.4 x 109.2 cm Private Collection |
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| 1911 Yellow Cow oil on canvas 140.5 x 189.2. cm Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York |
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| 1911 Yellow Cow, Sketch oil on wood panel 62.5 x 87.5 cm Private Collection |
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| c1911 Washerwoman with Child oil on board 48.2 x 34.3 cm |
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| c1911 Abstract Exotic Landscape pencil and wash on paper 10 x 17 cm |
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| 1912 "Pferde (horses)" from the book Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider) watercolour on paper 14.3 x 20.9 cm Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA |
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| 1912 Alpine Scene (Haystacks) oil on canvas 110 x 80 cm Private Collection |
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| 1912 An Animal Legend woodcut in black on ivory Japanese laid paper 19.9 x 24 cm (image) Art Institute of Chicago, IL |
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| 1912 Atonement woodcut 19.9 x 25.6 cm (image) Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA |
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| 1912 Blue Foals oil on wood panel 33 x 37 cm Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam |
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| 1912 Cat with Kittens mixed media on cardboard 35 x 30 cm Sttatliche Galerie Moritzburg, Halle Landeskunstmuseum Sachsen-Anhalt |
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| 1912 Cats, Red and White oil on canvas 52 x 35 cm Private Collection |
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| 1912 Cows gouache, watercolour, brush and ink and pen and ink on paper 23.8 x 27.9 cm |
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| 1912 Deer in the Monastery Garden oil on canvas 75.7 x 101 cm Municipal Gallery in the Lenbachhaus and Kunstbau Munich |
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| 1912 Deer in the Woods oil on canvas 110 x 81 cm Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich |
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| 1912 Fantastic Creature from Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider) woodcut with tempera additions 14.6 x 22.1 cm (image) |
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| 1912 Lizards woodcut on paper 8.5 x 8.5 cm Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA |
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| 1912 Forest Interior with Bird oil on canvas 101 x 90.5 cm |
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| 1912 Girl with Cat oil on canvas 71.5 x 66.5 cm Private Collection |
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| 1912 Green Horse in Landscape watercolour, gouache, and graphite on paper 11.5 x 15.4 cm Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York |
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| 1912 Horses and Eagle oil on canvas 100 x 135.5 cm Sprengel Museum, Hannover |
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| 1912 In the Rain oil on canvas 81 x 103.5 cm Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich |
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| 1912 Jumping Horse oil on canvas 87.5 x 112 cm Franz Marc Museum, Kochel a. See |
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| 1912 Little Blue Horse, Picture for a Child oil on canvas 57.7 x 73.3 cm Saarland Museum, Saarbrücken Stiftung Saarländischer Kulturbesitz |
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| 1912 Little Monkey and Human oil on canvas 51.5 x 35.2 cm Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich |
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| 1912 Mare with Foals oil on canvas 76 x 90 cm Private Collection |
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| 1912 Paradise oil and tempera on plaster 398 x 181 cm Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Münster |
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| 1912 Pigs oil on canvas 58.5 x 84 cm Private Collection |
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| 1912 Prancing Horse pencil and charcoal on paper 17.2 x 101.1 cm Municipal Gallery in the Lenbachhaus and Kunstbau Munich |
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| 1912 Reconciliation woodcut in black on Japan paper 20 x 25.8 cm (image) National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
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| 1912 Red and Blue Horses pencil. tempera and watercolour on paper laid down on cardboard 35.7 x 45.7 cm Municipal Gallery in the Lenbachhaus and Kunstbau Munich |
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| 1912 Red Deer oil on canvas 70 x 100 cm Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich |
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| 1912 Red Woman (Girl with Black Hair) oil on canvas 100.5 x 70 cm Leicester City Museum |
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| 1912 Sheep oil on canvas 50 x 70.2 cm Saarland Museum, Saarbrücken Stiftung Saarländischer Kulturbesitz |
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| 1912 Sleeping Shepherdess woodcut on paper 19.5 x 24 cm (image) Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA |
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