Faced with a rapidly changing industrialised germany, they yearned for a more spiritual. Publication date 1914 topics art, modern, blaue reiter group of artists publisher munchen. The blaue reiter blue rider art movement was founded in by the young painters wassily kandinsky and franz marc, and was active in europe until originally published in munich in and edited by kandinsky and marc the. In 1911 kandinsky and marc broke with the rest of the n. The name, meaning blue rider, refers to a key motif in kandinsky.
Using a visual vocabulary of abstract forms and prismatic colors, blaue reiter artists explored the spiritual values of art as a counter to what they saw as the corruption and materialism of their age. An illustration of a computer application window wayback machine an illustration of an open book. The blue rider a looseknit group of expressionist painters including kandinsky, klee, and marc, united by kandinskys dictum that the creative spirit is. The most important of these were the russian born wassily kandinsky and the german, franz marc. Both are known for the medieval neofolk project narsilion. They shared an interest in abstracted forms and prismatic colors, which, they felt, had spiritual values that could counteract the corruption and materialism of their age. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Click on a datetime to view the file as it appeared at that time. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. The blue rider organization of artists based in germany that contributed greatly to the development of abstract art. Formed in 1911, it took its name from a picture by wassily kandinsky, one of the groups leading members.
The munich exhibition in 1911 and the art movement of the same name resulted in a revolutionary new art experience. Formed in 1911 in munich as an association of painters and an exhibiting society led by vasily kandinsky and franz marc. Influenced by cubism, blaue reiter was the most important manifestation of german modern art before world war i. It took its name from a painting by kandinsky, le cavalier bleu.
In publishing the almanac, the two young artists hoped to bring together the newest and most revolutionary achievements in modern art and present. The group was a loose association of highly individualistic artists, of varying international backgrounds. The blaue reiter blue rider art movement was founded in 1911 by the young painters wassily kandinsky and franz marc, and was active in europe until 1914. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. The blue riders believed that colors, shapes and forms had equivalence with sounds and music, and sought to create color harmonies which would be purifying to the. Originally published in munich in 1912 and edited by kandinsky and marc the movementss almanac presented their synthesis of international culture to the european avant garde at large. Kandinsky, franz marc, gabriele munter, august macke, alexei. The editors were wassily kandinsky and franz marc, the cofounders of the blue rider artists group. Posted on 03 june 2018 07 may 2020 by wassily kandinsky. Franz marc, gabriele munter, august macke, alexej jawlensky.
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