The Blue Rider (Kandinsky)
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The Blue Rider is a 1903 oil painting by Wassily Kandinsky. The work depicts a rider in a blue cloak riding on a white horse through a meadow, with a forest in the background. The painting uses bright
Wassily Kandinsky, 1903, The Blue Rider, oil on canvas, 52.1 x 54.6 cm, Stiftung Sammlung E.G. Bührle, Zurich
Seeing Claude Monet's Haystacks played a significant role in Kandinsky's move away from realistic art toward abstraction.
A portrait of Franz Marc by August Macke. Marc was one of the founders of Der Blaue Reiter and Macke was a member.
Der Blaue Reiter
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Der Blaue Reiter was a group of artists and a designation by Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc for their exhibition and publication activities, in which both artists acted as sole editors in the almana
The Blue Rider (Kandinsky)
…the rider with Saint George, and that he is fighting the dragon of materialism. The Blue Rider may have inspired the name of the art group and almanac, Der Blaue Reiter, both founded by Kandinsky in collaboration with Franz Marc. This movement played a key role in the development of abstract art. Wassily Kandinsky…
Wassily Kandinsky, cover of Der Blaue Reiter almanac, c. 1912
Franz Marc, Blue Horse I, 1911
Franz Marc, The Tower of Blue Horses, 1913 (missing since 1945)