Gabriele Münter
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Gabriele Münter was a German expressionist painter who was at the forefront of the Munich avant-garde in the early 20th century. She studied and lived with the painter Wassily Kandinsky and was a foun
Münter, c. 1903
Münter portrayed by Kandinsky
Münter in Kallmünz in 1903, carrying a freshly painted canvas
Kandinsky's The Blue Rider (Der Blaue Reiter), 1903, private collection
Murnau am Staffelsee
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Murnau am Staffelsee is a market town in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in the Oberbayern region of Bavaria, Germany.
Gabriele Münter
…by Henri Matisse and Fauvism, Gauguin, and van Gogh, Münter's work became more representative and she took refuge in the small Bavarian market town of Murnau, a village untouched by industrialization, progress, and technology. Münter bought a house and spent much of her life there. It was here, in Münter's…
Murnau in 2007
Murnau, ca. 1900
Oflag VII-A POW camp during World War II
Colourful street in Murnau