Blue Horse I
Artist: Franz Marc
Year Composed: 1911
Artistic Movement: Expressionist
Nationality: Germany
Floor Found in Château: Third Garden
Year Composed: 1911
Artistic Movement: Expressionist
Nationality: Germany
Floor Found in Château: Third Garden
About the Artwork
Composed near the end of his career, Franz Marc's Blue Horses I highlights the serenity and harmony of this majestic creature within nature. The use of predominantly primary colors (red, blue, and yellow) is a notion of essentially going back to the root of nature, the building blocks of art. The expressive nature of Marc's piece portrays a sense of calmness, not only from the horse, but also unto the audience.
About the Artist
Franc Marc was a German printmaker and painter who was a founding member of Der Blaue Reiter (or The Blue Riders), a group of artists that included Marc, Wassily Kandinsky, and August Macke. Stemming from the Expressionist Age in art, Der Blaue Reiter attempted to promote art and establish visual connections between art, music, spirituality, and nature. Unfortunately, Marc was killed during the Battle of Verdun during World War I on March 4, 1916.
About the Movement
Blue Horse I was composed in the Expressionist Age of art. Born in Germany during the start of the 20th Century (or the start of the 1900s), Expressionism was a modern movement of art that sought to provoke ideas, thoughts, and emotions within their art. Developed as an avant-garde (or a style that pushes the mainstream boundaries and goes against the social norm) against the morals of the First World War, Expressionist artists were more abstract in their compositions, leaning more on the expression of emotions and thoughts rather than the realism of figures and objects. Some of the most famous Expressionist artists included Edvard Munch, Paul Klee, and Wassily Kandinsky.
Location of Original Work of Art: Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany
Composed near the end of his career, Franz Marc's Blue Horses I highlights the serenity and harmony of this majestic creature within nature. The use of predominantly primary colors (red, blue, and yellow) is a notion of essentially going back to the root of nature, the building blocks of art. The expressive nature of Marc's piece portrays a sense of calmness, not only from the horse, but also unto the audience.
About the Artist
Franc Marc was a German printmaker and painter who was a founding member of Der Blaue Reiter (or The Blue Riders), a group of artists that included Marc, Wassily Kandinsky, and August Macke. Stemming from the Expressionist Age in art, Der Blaue Reiter attempted to promote art and establish visual connections between art, music, spirituality, and nature. Unfortunately, Marc was killed during the Battle of Verdun during World War I on March 4, 1916.
About the Movement
Blue Horse I was composed in the Expressionist Age of art. Born in Germany during the start of the 20th Century (or the start of the 1900s), Expressionism was a modern movement of art that sought to provoke ideas, thoughts, and emotions within their art. Developed as an avant-garde (or a style that pushes the mainstream boundaries and goes against the social norm) against the morals of the First World War, Expressionist artists were more abstract in their compositions, leaning more on the expression of emotions and thoughts rather than the realism of figures and objects. Some of the most famous Expressionist artists included Edvard Munch, Paul Klee, and Wassily Kandinsky.
Location of Original Work of Art: Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany