6/7/2023 0 Comments Franz marc![]() The following year, he joined Munich New Artist’s Association and befriended one of the founders, the Russian artist Wassily Kandinsky. The year 1910 was significant for Marc: he had his first solo exhibition in Munich and met the Expressionist painter August Macke. In paintings like Horse in a landscape (1910), he even tried to emulate the animal’s point of view and experience of the world. ![]() For Marc, animals had spirituality and innocence that man long lost. ![]() The artist had a deep affection for animals and spent many hours studying their movement and behavior. His early style was naturalistic, and the artist gravitated toward the natural world, especially animals. The combination of these influences was evident in Marc’s early paintings such as Woman in the Wind by the Sea (1907) and Jumping Dog Schlick (1908). During his second trip to Paris in 1907, Marc discovered the works of Cubists ( Pablo Picasso) and Post-Impressionists ( Paul Gauguin, Vincent van Gogh). There, he saw the works of Impressionists and Japanese woodcuts, which led him to adopt a more modern approach in terms of color and simplified lines. Marc remained in the Academy for two years before taking an extended trip to Paris. However, a year later, in 1900, he decided to pursue painting and entered the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, where he studied under the painters Gabriel von Hackl and Wilhelm von Diez. Initially, Marc wanted to become a high school teacher and enrolled at the University of Munich to study philosophy and theology. Franz Marc was a leading figure of German Expressionism, and one of the key members of the influential art group, The Blue Rider.
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