Kleine blaues pferd franz marc biography
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Blue Horse I
Painting by Franz Marc
Blue Horse I is an oil painting by Franz Marc completed in 1911.
Kleine blaues pferd franz marc biography
It is one of the painter's most famous works and is part of the collection of the Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus in Munich. The painting was part of several exhibitions that Franz Marc and fellow Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky presented to the public under the name Der Blaue Reiter from late 1911 until 1914.[1]
History
In 1911, Marc drew in his sketchbook no.
XXIV a pencil drawing, about the size of a postcard, entitled Young Horse in Mountain Landscape, which already shows the composition of the later painting. In the same year, he transcribed the sketch in great detail into a large oil painting.[2]
In the color theory of Marc and the Der Blaue Reiter group, the blue color stands for the spiritual principle.
The painting was initially not understood and was derided or even spat upon.[3] It was part of the private collection of Bernh