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August Macke
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August Robert Ludwig Macke (3 January 1887 – 26 September 1914) was a German Expressionist painter. He was one of the leading members of the German Expressionist group Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider). He lived during a particularly active time for German art: he saw the development of the main German Expressionist movements as well as the arrival of the successive avant-garde movements which were forming in the rest of Europe. As an artist of his time, Macke knew how to integrate into his painting the elements of the avant-garde which most interested him.[1] Like his friend Franz Marc and Otto Soltau, he was one of the young German artists who died in the First World War.
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![]() August Macke, Self-portrait, 1906, oil on canvas | |
Born | (1887-01-03)3 January 1887 Meschede, German Empire |
Died | 26 September 1914(1914-09-26) (aged 27) near Perthes-lès-Hurlus, Champagne, France |
Resting place | German Military Cemetery, Souain-Perthes-lès-Hurlus |
Nationality | German |
Known for | Painting |
Notable work | List of paintings |
Movement | Expressionism |
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