Devoted to promoting modern art, marc and macke also played an active role in coordinating international exhibitions, such as. The blue rider organization of artists based in germany that contributed greatly to the development of abstract art. Wiki for collaborative studies of arts, media and humanities. It took its name from a painting by kandinsky, le cavalier bleu. The blue rider united different artistic personalities working. Home leicesters collection books and other publications the blue rider almanac 1st ed. L11 maggio 1912 franz marc ricevette una prima stampa. The editors were wassily kandinsky and franz marc, the cofounders of the blue rider artists group. It is now part of a private collection in the swiss city of zurich. The blue rider 1911 1914 had a short life and a tragic end. In publishing the almanac, the two young artists hoped to bring together the newest and most revolutionary achievements in modern art and present.
The blaue reiter almanac klaus lankheit, wassily kandinsky, franz marc on. An invaluable addition to modern art history shelves. The most important of these were the russian born wassily kandinsky and the german, franz marc. I had been looking for an english translation of the blue rider almanac, and have awarded this one 5 stars. The blaue reiter blue rider art movement was founded in 1911 by the young painters wassily kandinsky and franz marc, and was active in europe until 1914. The blue rider a looseknit group of expressionist painters including kandinsky, klee, and marc, united by kandinskys dictum that the creative spirit is.
Feb 01, 2006 the blaue reiter almanac combines an assembly of short essays with blackandwhite reproductions of artwork to offer the reader a glimpse into the methodology, purpose, and essence of this shortlived yet passionate movement. Although shortlived, the blaue reiter represented the pinnacle of german expressionist painting. Excellent all round introduction the almanac, the groundbreaking publication, of the blue rider artists. The 1st edition of a book containing articles and artwork by members of the blue rider group of artists, 1912. A number of avantgarde artists living in munich had founded the neue kunstler vereiningung, or new artist association n. The blaue reiter blue rider art movement was founded in 1911 by the young painters wassily kandinsky and franz marc. In 1912, at the height of the artistic interactions between futurism, cubism and expressionism. Two of its founding members, franz marc and august macke were called to the military and died in a. They shared an interest in abstracted forms and prismatic colors, which, they felt, had spiritual values that could counteract the corruption and materialism of their age. Two of its founding members, franz marc and august macke were called to the military and died in a senseless and barbaric war of unprecedented dimensions. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is. The 1st edition of a book containing articles and artwork by members of the blue rider. Although only two exhibitions took place under the blaue reiter name, kandinsky, marc, macke and klee went on to exhibit together at the influential first german salon dautomne in berlin at the sturm gallery in 19.
Aug 01, 2005 buy the blaue reiter almanac documentary ed. The blaue reiter almanac wassily kandinsky, franz marc, klaus lankheit on. Originally published in munich in 1912 and edited by kandinsky and marc the movementss almanac presented their synthesis of international culture to the european avant garde at large. Ses acteurs principaux sont vassily kandinsky, franz marc et august macke. Fondazione a monaco da wassily kandinsky e franz marc nel 1901 wassily kandinsky aveva gi fondato il gruppo artistico phalanx e. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Nov 15, 2005 the blaue reiter almanac klaus lankheit, wassily kandinsky, franz marc on. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Franz marc adored horses and his many paintings of them and other. A free powerpoint ppt presentation displayed as a flash slide show on id. He lived during a particularly innovative time for german art which saw the development of the main german expressionist movements as well as the arrival of the successive avantgarde movements which were forming in. At the outbreak of world war i, the group practically ceased to exist. The blaue reiter blue rider art movement was founded in 1911 by the.
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