Franz Marc Books

Now available in paperback, this overview of a brief but brilliant career focuses on the symbolic poignancy of Franz Marc’s paintings and his underlying vision of a world populated largely by animals. Before his tragic death at Verdun in 1916, Franz Marc made an enormous contribution to German Expressionist painting. A co-founder with Wassily Kandinsky of the Blue Rider Group, Marc and his fellow artists sought to make sense of the destruction around them through symbolism and abstraction. The curator of America’s first exhibition of Marc’s paintings, Marc Rosenthal offers penetrating insight into the artist’s transcendent paintings, in which feelings of despair and exaltation are brought to life through images of animals, landscapes, and pure abstraction. Seventy-one full-color plates demonstrate the brilliant tones and bold style that characterize Marc’s work. The accompanying text provides an important biographical perspective and critical appraisal of one of the most significant artists to emerge amid the chaos of early twentieth century Europe.

Like no other artist, Franz Marc pursued the representation of the horse--a central topic in the fine arts--as his life's work. As a painter and co-founder of the "Blaue Reiter" he created symbolic, visionary images which today stand among the icons of modernism. This publication presents an overview of Marc's paintings, drawings, gouaches and a number of famous postcards--from his nature studies of 1905 and 1906 to the sketches he made on the eve of World War I. During this short period of time, the horse motif became increasingly central, especially after Marc moved from Munich to the secluded upper Bavarian village of Sindelsdorf. With a skill for precise observation and intuitive understanding, Marc attempted an ''animalization of art,'' in which the horse became both subject and expression of the hope for better and more organic existence.

Finally, a guide for Kids to have when they explore our national parks. Each page contains a beautiful picture and facts about one of the parks. At the end of the book, there are many of the animals that you can see while touring our national parks. Be sure to have this informational resource to find your next adventure.

Eine besondere Künstlerfreundschaft Im Mittelpunkt dieses großzügig bebilderten Bandes steht die enge Freundschaft zwischen Franz Marc und August Macke, den beiden bekannten Künstlern des Blauen Reiters. Die Künstlerfreundschaft von Franz Marc und August Macke währte fünf Jahre und hatte tiefen Einfluss auf beider Werk. Dieses Buch geht den Spuren ihrer Freundschaft und dem Verbindenden in der Kunst der beiden Maler nach. Brillante Reproduktionen erwecken Marcs und Mackes Bilder zum Leben. Neben Gemälden, Aquarellen und Zeichnungen präsentiert der Band Briefe und andere Dokumente, die die enge Verbundenheit der beiden Künstler belegen. In mehreren Beiträgen wird der Gedankenaustausch zwischen Marc und Macke über die Rolle der Farbe und die Frage der Gegenständlichkeit in der Malerei, die Künstlergruppe des Blauen Reiters, die Arbeit an dem gemeinsamen Wandbild Paradies und den Einfluss der französischen Malerei auf ihr Werk aufgearbeitet. Außerdem zeigt der Band die Entwicklung des Expressionismus in den Jahren des Austausches und der Zusammenarbeit von Franz Marc und August Macke. Ein Buch, das zwei unterschiedliche und doch einander tief bereichernde künstlerische Handschriften äußerst anschaulich vor Augen führt.

Franz Marc - Last Works Franz Marc's famous Sketchbook from the Field contains thirty-six-small-format pencil drawings that were produced between March and June 1915 - just a few months before the artist's death in March 1916. These precious sheets, which are among the last works produced by Marc, are his artistic legacy. In spite of their miniature scale, the sketches are among the greatest creations of drawing in the twentieth century. They mark the beginning of an age, and yet their Promethean energy points to the future. Delicately lyrical elements in them are linked with a deep constructivist spirit that does not only reflect the avant-garde of the new century, but even today, one hundred years later, has not lost any of its startling modernity. On the occasion of the centenary of the artist's death we will publish a new edition with illustrations of facsimile quality that are comparable to the first facsimile produced in 1956. The book has been out of print for years, as are later editions, none of which even approached the quality of images in the first edition.

Evolution de l'oeuvre de ce peintre à travers textes et illustrations de ses principaux tableaux.