Franz Marc

Franz Marc
Franz Marc in 1910
Born(1880-02-08)8 February 1880
Munich, Bavaria, German Empire
Died4 March 1916(1916-03-04) (aged 36), while battling in World War 1
Braquis, France
NationalityGerman
EducationAcademy of Fine Arts, Munich
Known forPainting
Notable workpaintings: Fate of the Animals, The Tower of Blue Horses, The Yellow Cow, Blue Horses, journal: Der Blaue Reiter
MovementExpressionism
Franz Marc, The Small Blue horses, 1911. One of several of Marc's paintings of blue horses
Foxes, 1913
The bewitched Mill, 1913

Franz Moritz Wilhelm Marc (8 February 1880 – 4 March 1916) was a German painter and printmaker, one of the key figures of the German Expressionist movement. He was a founding member of Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider), a journal whose name later became synonymous with the circle of artists collaborating in it.