Marc
The quest or a universal art which would resolve the contrarieties of life in the harmony of creation
Franz Marc (1880-1916) became known principally for his images of animals: blue horses, yellow tigers, red fawns. What was it that led him to concentrate on painting animals? Marc himself explained his choice of subject matter in these words: "From an early date I felt humankind to be 'ugly'; animals seemed to me possessed of a greater beauty and purity..."
Seeing Marc merely as a painter of animals proves, however, premature. Marc, co-founder of the 'Blauer Reiter' group of Expressionist artists, was deeply dissatisfied with the impurity of the world, and was questing for a universal art which would resolve the contrarieties of life in the harmony of creation.
Using pure colours highly charged with symbolic values, adopting crystalline shapes, and absorbing the influence of Cubism, he moved steadily towards an abstract order of image, coming closer to his own understanding of a better world. In 1916, Franz Marc died in the Battle of Verdun.
About the Series:
Every book in TASCHEN's Basic Art Series features:
- a detailed chronological summary of the artist's life and work, covering the cultural and historical importance of the artist
- approximately 100 color illustrations with explanatory captions
- a concise biography
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Marc
Partsch, Susanna
Softcover, flaps, 18.5 x 23 cm (7.3 x 9.1 in.), 96 pages $ 9.99 |
- Reviews (1 items)
Insightful, well written and illutrated with well produced photographs of his works. The author Susanna Partsch, born 1952, studied art history, ethnology and pedagogics, wrote her doctoral thesis in Florence and worked subsequently at the Wilhelm Hack Museum in Ludwigshafen. She is the author of the highly successful HAUS DER KUNST which received the German Jugendliteraturpreis in 1998 and WO DIE HÄUSER IN DEN HIMMEL WACHSEN (1999).
A very good book, a bargin for it's price and a geat place to start.
I would recomend this 110% to anyone interested in Franz Marc, his life and work.
Kirk Rutter, United Kingdom
A very good book, a bargin for it's price and a geat place to start.
I would recomend this 110% to anyone interested in Franz Marc, his life and work.
Kirk Rutter, United Kingdom
- See also (8 items)
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The Blaue Reiter A turning-point in art history, the Blaue Reiter was founded in 1911 in Munich by Wassily Kandinsky, the pioneer of abstract art, and Franz Marc, the creator of enigmatic, Expressionist animal paintings. |
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Brücke Color and clash: the height of German expressionism |
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Expressionism Art history's most important movements and genres |