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Franz Marc: Facts & Related Content

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Facts

Born February 8, 1880 • Munich • Germany
Died March 4, 1916 (aged 36) • near Verdun • France
Movement / Style Der Blaue Reiter • Neue Künstlervereinigung

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Marc, Franz: Siberian Dogs in the Snow
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Max Beckmann
German painter
Wassily Kandinsky: Painting with Green Center
Wassily Kandinsky
Russian-born artist
Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso
Spanish artist
Braque, photograph by Arnold Newman, 1956
Georges Braque
French artist
Portrait of a Young Woman, oil on canvas by Gabriele Münter, 1909.
Gabriele Münter
German artist
Paul Klee
Paul Klee
Swiss-German artist
Georges Rouault
French artist
Maurice de Vlaminck
French artist
Portrait of a Girl, oil painting by Alexey von Jawlensky, 1909; in the Kunstmuseum, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Alexey von Jawlensky
Russian painter
Albrecht Dürer: Self-Portrait in Furred Coat
Albrecht Dürer
German artist
Lucas Cranach, the Elder
German painter
Schongauer, Martin; Virgin and Child
Martin Schongauer
German engraver
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: Still Life with Jug and African Bowl
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
German artist
Nolde, Emil: Cows in the Lowland
Emil Nolde
German artist
Georg Baselitz: Armalamor
Georg Baselitz
German artist
Baldung, Hans: Three Kings Altarpiece
Hans Baldung
German artist
George Grosz.
George Grosz
German artist
Liebermann, Max
Max Liebermann
German artist
Memory, etching on wove paper by Max Klinger, 1894; in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. 27.62 × 15.24 cm.
Max Klinger
German artist
Heckel, Erich: Portrait of a Man
Erich Heckel
German artist

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