Franz Marc

Franz Moritz Wilhelm Marc (8 February 1880 – 4 March 1916) was a German painter and printmaker, one of the key figures of the German Expressionist movement. He was a founding member of Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider), a journal whose name later became synonymous with the circle of artists collaborating in it.

Franz Marc
Franz Marc in 1910
Born	(1880-02-08)8 February 1880 Munich, Bavaria, German Empire
Died	4 March 1916(1916-03-04) (aged 36), while battling in World War 1 Braquis, France
Nationality	German
Education	Academy of Fine Arts, Munich
Known for	Painting
Notable work	paintings: Fate of the Animals, The Tower of Blue Horses, The Yellow Cow, Blue Horses, journal: Der Blaue Reiter
Movement	Expressionism

Franz Marc, The Small Blue horses, 1911. One of several of Marc's paintings of blue horses

Foxes, 1913

The bewitched Mill, 1913

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• List of German painters