Definition von franz marc im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch
born Feb. 8, 1880, Munich, Ger. killed in action March 4, 1916, near Verdun, France German painter. His early works were academic, but exposure to Impressionism and Jugendstil lightened his style, and in 1911, with Vasily Kandinsky and other abstract painters, he became a founding member of the Blaue Reiter group. He believed that spiritual essence is best revealed through abstraction and was passionately interested in the art of "primitive" peoples, children, and the mentally ill. His own work consisted primarily of animal studies, since he believed nonhuman forms of life to be the most expressive manifestation of the vital force of nature
{i} (1880-1916) German expressionist painter and founding member of the Blaue Reiter group, creator of "Gazelle" and "Blue Horses