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Sheep by Franz Marc

Sheep

Franz Marc · 1912

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DETAILS
Artist
Franz Marc
Date
1912
Location
Saarland Museum
ART MOVEMENTS
Der Blaue ReiterDie Brucke
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THE ARTIST

Franz Marc

Franz Marc, a key figure of German Expressionism, captured the spiritual essence of animals with vibrant, symbolic colors before his untimely death in World War I.

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Standing Nude with Orange Drapery (recto): Study of Nude with Arms Raised (verso) Same movement · Die Brucke Standing Nude with Orange Drapery (recto): Study of Nude with Arms Raised (verso) Egon Schiele · 1914 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art Lozenge Composition with Yellow, Black, Blue, Red, and Gray Same era · 1890s–1920s Lozenge Composition with Yellow, Black, Blue, Red, and Gray Piet Mondrian · 1921 · Art Institute of Chicago Frauenkopf vor Sonnenblumen Same movement · Die Brucke Frauenkopf vor Sonnenblumen Ernst Ludwig Kirchner · 1906 · Museum Frieder Burda Glass Same era · 1890s–1920s Glass Mikhail Larionov · 1912 · Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Portrait of Alfred Döblin Same era · 1890s–1920s Portrait of Alfred Döblin Ernst Ludwig Kirchner · 1912 · Busch–Reisinger Museum Memories of the Past Same era · 1890s–1920s Memories of the Past Ivan Puni · 1927 · Art Institute of Chicago Birth Same era · 1890s–1920s Birth Marc Chagall · 1911 · Art Institute of Chicago Sirmione Same era · 1890s–1920s Sirmione John Singer Sargent · 1913 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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