| Born: | February 8, 1880 in Munich, Germany |
| Died: | March 4, 1916 in Verdun, France |
| "Die verzauberte Mühle" | |
| "The Bewitched Mill" | 1913, Oil on Canvas, Gallery 240 |
| Painting: | Represents the power of factories and mills during the early 1900's. Rushing water occupies the center of the painting, engulfing the wildlife surrounding the mill as it works in its duties. |
| Style/Period: | Expressionism; Uses distorted forms and startling colors to search for spiritual meaning, transforming nature, rather than merely displaying it. |
| Education: | Munich Academy of Fine Arts, 1900 |
| Influences: | Orphism - Color is dominant in an artwork |
| Futurism - Harsh, straight geometry of the modern age | |
| Theology and Philosophy - Original career interests lead his art in a spiritual direction | |
| Japanese Woodcuts - Animal prints in a flattened and unusual perspective | |
| Contributions: | Blaue Reiter group - A leader of this expressionistic movement, along with Kandinsky and Klee |
| Animal Paintings - Transformed animals through geometry and color, representing people and ideas in the process | |
| Rich, Chromatic Symbolism - Used distortion to express the animals' awareness of self | |
| "Crystaline Cubism" - Later work was more abstract and crystal shaped | |
| Museum: | Franz Marc Museum, Kochel am See, Germany |
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