Franz Marc was a celebrated painter and printmaker of German Expressionism. Born in Munich in 1880, he grew up surrounded by art as his father was a professional landscape painter. Marc studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich where he was exposed to French Impressionist paintings, which greatly influenced his artistic style.
Marc’s mature works mostly depict animals, using simplified lines and vivid colors. He had a strong affinity for animals and believed they were spiritual beings that could reconnect humans with nature. One of his notable works is “The Large Blue Horses” (1911), which features stylized blue horses on a yellow and green background.
Marc became one of the founding members of Der Blaue Reiter, an association of German Expressionist artists that aimed to promote abstract art and encourage individual expression. He died tragically during World War I near Verdun, France, at the age of 36.
In conclusion, Franz Marc’s contribution to art cannot be overstated. He was an influential figure who helped shape German Expressionism through his use of bold colors and animal motifs. His legacy continues to inspire many young artists today as they strive to create meaningful works that convey their unique perspectives on the world around them.
All Franz Marc Artwork on Artchive
| Artwork Name |
Year |
Medium |
| Animal Destinies (The Trees show their Rings, the Animals their Veins) |
|
|
| Animal legend |
1912 |
woodcut,paper |
| Animals in a Landscape |
1914 |
oil,canvas |
| Bathing Girls |
1910 |
oil,canvas |
| Birds |
1914 |
oil,canvas |
| Blue-Black Fox |
1911 |
oil,canvas |
| Blue Horse I |
1911 |
oil,canvas |
| Broken Forms |
1914 |
oil,canvas |
| Caliban (from Shakespeare's The Tempest) |
1914 |
|
| Cats |
c.1910 |
oil,canvas |
| Two Blue Horses |
1913 |
|
| Two Blue Horses in Front of a Red Rock |
1913 |
|
| Two Cats |
1909 |
pastel |
| Two Cats, Blue and Yellow |
1912 |
oil,canvas |
| Two Horses |
1912 |
oil,canvas |
| Two Horses |
1913 |
|
| Two Horses, Red and Blue |
1912 |
|
| Two Women on the Hillside |
1906 |
oil,canvas |
| Tyrol |
1914 |
oil,canvas |
| Village street |
|
|
| Cheerful Forms |
1914 |
|
| Colorful Flowers (Abstract Forms) |
c.1914 |
|
| Cottages on the Dachau Marsh |
1902 |
oil,canvas |
| Cows, Yellow-Red-Green |
1912 |
oil,canvas |
| Crouching Deer |
1911 |
|
| Dead Deer |
1913 |
|
| Deer at Dusk |
1909 |
oil,canvas |
| Deer in a Monastery Garden |
1912 |
oil,canvas |
| Deer in the Forest |
1913 |
oil,canvas |
| Deer in the Forest II |
1912 |
oil,canvas |
| Weasels Playing |
1911 |
oil,canvas |
| Wild Pigs (Boar and sow) |
1913 |
oil,canvas |
| Woman in the Wind by the Sea |
1907 |
oil |
| Woodcutter |
1911 |
oil,canvas |
| Young Boy with a Lamb |
1911 |
oil,canvas |
| Deer in the Forest II |
1914 |
oil,canvas |
| Deer in the Snow |
1911 |
oil,canvas |
| Donkey Frieze |
1911 |
oil,canvas |
| Elephant |
1907 |
chalk,paper |
| Fabulous Beast II |
1913 |
|
| Fairy Animals |
1913 |
|
| Fighting Forms |
1914 |
oil,canvas |
| Forms at Play (Playing Forms) |
1914 |
|
| Four foxes |
1913 |
|
| Gazelles |
1913 |
|
| Girl with Cat II |
1912 |
oil,canvas |
| Grazing Horses |
1910 |
oil,canvas |
| Grazing Horses IV (The Red Horses) |
1911 |
|
| Haystacks in the Snow |
1911 |
oil,canvas |
| Head of the horse |
1906 |
|
| Horse and dog |
1913 |
|
| Horse Asleep |
c.1913 |
oil,canvas |
| Horse in a landscape |
1910 |
oil,canvas |
| Indersdorf |
1904 |
oil,canvas |
| In the Rain |
1912 |
oil,canvas |
| Jumping Dog Schlick |
1908 |
oil |
| Larch Sapling |
1908 |
oil,canvas |
| Large Lenggries Horses |
1908 |
oil,canvas |
| Little Blue Horse |
1912 |
oil,canvas |
| Little Yellow Horses |
1912 |
oil,canvas |
| Long Yellow Horse |
1913 |
oil,canvas |
| Mandrill |
1913 |
oil,canvas |
| Monkey Frieze |
1911 |
oil,canvas |
| Mountain Goats |
1914 |
|
| Mountains (Rocky Way Landscape) |
c.1912 |
oil,canvas |
| Nude Lying In The Flowers |
1910 |
|
| Nude with Cat |
1910 |
oil,canvas |
| Picture with Cattle |
1913 |
oil,canvas |
| Pigs |
c.1912 |
oil,canvas |
| Playing Dogs |
c.1912 |
|
| Playing weasels |
1909 |
|
| Portrait of the Artist's Mother |
1902 |
oil,canvas |
| Red and Blue Horse |
1912 |
|
| Red Deer |
1913 |
|
| Resting Cows |
1911 |
|
| Resting horses |
1912 |
woodcut,paper |
| Riding School |
1913 |
woodcut,paper |
| St. Julian the Hospitaller |
1913 |
|
| Seated Mythical Animal |
1913 |
|
| Self-portrait |
1905 |
|
| Sheaf of Grain |
1907 |
oil,canvas |
| Shepherds |
c.1912 |
oil,canvas |
| Siberian Dogs in the Snow |
c.1910 |
oil,canvas |
| Sleeping Deer |
1913 |
|
| Sleeping Shepherdness |
1912 |
woodcut,paper |
| Small Composition I |
1913 |
oil,canvas |
| Small Composition II |
1914 |
oil,canvas |
| Small Composition III |
c.1914 |
|
| The Birth of the Horse |
1913 |
engraving |
| The Dead Sparrow |
1905 |
|
| The Dream |
1912 |
|
| The Enchanted Mill |
1913 |
oil,canvas |
| The First Animals |
1913 |
|
| The Fox |
1913 |
oil,canvas |
| The Lamb |
1914 |
|
| The Large Blue Horses |
1911 |
oil,canvas |
| The Little Blue Horses |
1911 |
oil,canvas |
| The Monkey |
1912 |
oil,canvas |
| The Red Deer II |
1912 |
oil,canvas |
| The Shepherdness |
1912 |
woodcut,paper |
| The Steer (The Bull) |
1911 |
oil,canvas |
| A Dog |
1912 |
oil,canvas |
| The Tower of Blue Horses |
1913 |
oil,canvas |
| The Tower of Blue Horses (sketch) |
1912 |
gouache,ink,card |
| The Unfortunate Land of Tyrol |
1913 |
oil,canvas |
| The Waterfall |
1912 |
oil,canvas |
| The Wolves (Balkan War) |
1913 |
oil,canvas |
| The Yellow Cow |
1911 |
oil,canvas |
| Three Cats |
1913 |
oil,canvas |
| Three Horses |
1912 |
|
| Tiger |
1912 |
oil,canvas |
| Two bathing girls |
1909 |
cardboard,tempera |
| The Yellow Cow |
1911 |
Oil On Canvas |
| Three Cats |
1913 |
Oil On Canvas |
| Foxes |
1913 |
Oil On Canvas |
| Fighting Forms |
1914 |
Oil On Canvas |
| Deer In The Woods Ii |
1912 |
Oil On Canvas |
| Stables |
1913 |
Oil on Canvas |
| Blue Horse I (Blaues Pferd I) |
1911 |
Oil on Canvas |
| Dog Lying in the Snow |
c.1911 |
Oil on Canvas |
| The fate of the animals |
1913 |
Oil on Canvas |
| Tiger |
1912 |
woodcut,paper |
