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Franz Marc
Franz Marc

Franz Marc

Expressionism

Used animals and non-natural color to carry pure symbolic and spiritual charge.

Selected Key Works

Paintings from this archive that define Franz Marc's visual signature.

ExpressionismThe Large Blue Horses by Franz Marc

The Large Blue Horses

Franz Marc

Open work

Signature Visual Language

Great artists repeat themselves in useful ways.

Marc's blues and reds aren't observed — they're assigned meaning: blue for the masculine and spiritual, red for the earthly and heavy, built into bold, legible compositions.

Symbolic, non-natural color
Animal subjects over portraiture
Saturated, confident palettes