Franz Marc studied at the Academy of Visual Arts in Munich. At first he studied an academic style, but influenced by his travels to Paris, his work became increasingly more expressionist. In 1910, he met August Macke and Wassily Kandinsky, with whom he founded the art group Der Blaue Reiter in 1911. Marc concentrated largely on painting animals, for which he developed his own colour symbolism. Marc simplified his form language under the influence of cubism. He died at an early age: he lost his life during the First World War.
Franz Marc
München 1880 - Verdun 1916
