{"product_id":"marc","title":"Marc","description":"\u003cspan class=\"Formatted\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePrintmaker, landscape painter, and cofounder of Der Blaue Reiter ( The Blue Rider ), \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFranz Marc\u003c\/strong\u003e (1880 1916) left an exceptional legacy in German Expressionism. His work absorbed influences including Paul Gauguin, van Gogh, Picasso, Henri Matisse, and Robert Delaunay to galvanize a new vocabulary of form and color. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEspecially keen on \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003edepictions of animals\u003c\/strong\u003e, Marc s work began emphasizing cubist, semi-abstracted shapes; frenetic, whirling compositions; and in his paintings, a \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003enew vocabulary of color\u003c\/strong\u003e. Marc located spiritual values in different shades. Blue was spirituality and masculinity. Yellow depicted femininity and joy. Red hues correlated to anger and violence. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIt was with his friend and peer Wassily Kandinsky that Marc \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003efounded Der Blaue Reiter\u003c\/strong\u003e, a loose band of artists connected by a shared interest in woodcuts and prints, the symbolic values of color, and spontaneous approaches to painting. The group was short-lived, dissolving with the onset of the First World War which would also claim Marc s life in 1916 but it set an Expressionist standard that would flourish for decades. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn this new edition in TASCHEN s popular Basic Art series, we meet this \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003epivotal figure of German art\u003c\/strong\u003e and explore his short but hugely accomplished career, which at once defined an era and set an enduring point of Expressionist reference.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Readers Paradise Book Shop Wexford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46970651574619,"sku":"","price":7.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0538\/7105\/0923\/files\/1_952deb34-47e5-4dbc-9957-6902642f58cf.jpg?v=1690374955","url":"https:\/\/readersparadise.ie\/products\/marc","provider":"ReadersParadise","version":"1.0","type":"link"}