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Franz Marc

Franz Marc. Expressionist Painter 1880-1916 Munich, Germany. More facts about Franz Marc. German born Artist Began painting career with natural realism but then moved to experiment with more expressive painting techniques.

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Franz Marc

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  1. Franz Marc Expressionist Painter 1880-1916 Munich, Germany

  2. More facts about Franz Marc • German born Artist • Began painting career with natural realism but then moved to experiment with more expressive painting techniques. • Believed that animals were more spiritual than humans so he chose to paint them as the primary subject matter of his paintings. • Joined the Expressionism Movement in 1910, after meeting one of its most important painters, Wassily Kandinsky.

  3. More facts about Franz Marc • Once he joined the Expressionist Movement, he began to use their emphasis on the power of color and expressive brush strokes to paint his animal subjects. • Marc strived to create spiritual experiences with his paintings and he did so by painting his animals with the explosive strokes and colorful palette of the Expressionists. • Humans have lost their spirituality due to industry, war, pollution, urban development. • Tried to rediscover that lost spirituality through his paintings.

  4. Franz Marc paintings

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  6. Wassily Kandinsky • 1866-1944 • A Russian painter that was the first to completely abandon the use of recognizable images in his paintings. • Kandinsky was the first painter to create what was known as non-objective art. • Kandinsky believed that art elements can be treated like musical sounds and used to communicate the artist's inner feelings. • One of the primary members and pioneers of the Expressionism Art movement.

  7. Wassily Kandinsky

  8. Expressionism • German art movement in the early 1900’s. • Believed the role of art was NOT to recreate reality, but to EXPRESS the artist’s feelings and beliefs. • Expression should be the artist’s primary goal. • Members of this movement were known as Expressionists • Expressionist painters believed that color was the most important element of art and it was the most effective element for expressing the artist's feelings. • Expressionists used bright contrasting colors, textured brush strokes, and creative distortions to fill their paintings with emotion. • Wassily Kandinsky was a painter that was one of the leaders of the Expressionism Movement.

  9. Epressionist paintings

  10. Which painting is a product of Expressionism?Why? Raphael, Self Portrait Kirchner, Self Portrait

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