Franz Marc was born in Munich, Germany in 1880. He loved animals and showed promise as an artist, joining the Munich Academy of Art when he was 20.

Was Franz Marc an expressionist?

Franz Marc was a pioneer of German Expressionism. He believed that animals were innocent victims of human thoughtlessness.

Franz Marc was born in Munich, Germany in 1880. He loved animals and showed promise as an artist.

Franz Marc art movement?

Franz Marc was a pioneer of German Expressionism. In 1911, he and Wassily Kandinsky founded Der Blaue Reiter.

What is Franz Marc known for?

Franz Marc is known for painting animals in bright colours and distorted shapes. He painted horses, dogs, cats, monkeys and cows.

Why did Franz Marc paint animals?

Franz Marc painted animals as a way of imagining consciousness without language. He wanted to see the world from a perspective that was not human, and animals became his answer.

What was Franz Marc's art style?

Franz Marc painted in bright colours and distorted shapes. After completing his training, he painted horses, dogs, cats, monkeys, cows, and other animals.

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45 museums worldwide

German · 1880–1916

Expressionism

painting animals in symbolic colour to imagine consciousness without language, co-founding Der Blaue Reiter, killed at Verdun aged thirty-six

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Most worksBavarian State Painting Collections, Munich · 47 works

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Bavarian State Painting Collections

Munich, Germany

47 works

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Peter Paul Rubens Andy Warhol Anthony van Dyck Albrecht Dürer Cy Twombly Paul Klee
Lenbachhaus

Munich, Germany

30 works

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Wassily Kandinsky Gabriele Münter August Macke Alexej Von JawlenskyAntonio CalderaraPaul Klee

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Upper East Side, United States

17 works

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Wassily Kandinsky Piet Mondrian Paul Klee Pablo Picasso Josef Albers Paul Cézanne
Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe

Karlsruhe, Germany

5 works

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Albrecht Dürer Anselm Feuerbach Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Adriaen Van Ostade Adriaen van de Velde Canaletto
Staatsgalerie Stuttgart

Stuttgart, Germany

5 works

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Max Beckmann Oskar Schlemmer Edward Burne-Jones Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Piet Mondrian Henry Moore
Kunstmuseum Bern

Kunstmuseum und Kunsthistorisches Seminar (building), Switzerland

4 works

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Albrecht Anker Juan Gris Gustave Courbet Henri Matisse Salvador Dalí Chaïm Soutine
Museum Folkwang

Stadtbezirk II (Essen), Germany

4 works

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Christian Rohlfs Emil Nolde Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Oskar Schlemmer Vincent van Gogh Edvard Munch
Franz Marc Museum

Kochel, Germany

3 works

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August Macke Max Beckmann
Städel Museum

Frankfurt, Germany

3 works

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Albrecht Dürer Max Beckmann Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Adam Elsheimer Hans Thoma Georg Baselitz
Hamburger Kunsthalle

Hamburg-Altstadt, Germany

2 works

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Caspar David Friedrich Max Beckmann Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Edvard Munch Adolph Menzel Camille Corot

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Kunstmuseum Basel

Basel, Switzerland

3 works

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Paul Klee Arnold Böcklin Fernand Léger Pablo Picasso Hans Holbein the Younger Eugène Delacroix
Museum Ludwig

Gebäudekomplex der Kölner Philharmonie und des Museum Ludwig, Germany

3 works

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Bernard Schultze Ernst Wilhelm Nay Emil Nolde Pablo Picasso Max Beckmann Alexej Von Jawlensky
Westphalian State Museum of Art and Cultural History

Münster, Germany

3 works

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August Macke Christian Rohlfs Josef Albers Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Ernst Wilhelm Nay Carl Buchheister
Sprengel Museum

Sammlungszentrum Hannover, Germany

3 works

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Kurt Schwitters Paul Klee Max Ernst Niki de Saint Phalle Ernst Wilhelm Nay Emil Schumacher
Germanisches Nationalmuseum

Nuremberg, Germany

2 works

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Albrecht Dürer Albrecht Altdorfer Jörg Breu the Elder Anselm Feuerbach Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Rembrandt van Rijn
National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

2 works

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Jasper Johns Alfred Stieglitz Paul Gavarni Mark Rothko James McNeill Whistler M.C. Escher
Alte Nationalgalerie

Berlin-Mitte, Germany

2 works

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Adolph Menzel Carl Blechen Hans Thoma Caspar David Friedrich Max Slevogt Arnold Böcklin
Museum Kunstpalast

Düsseldorf, Germany

2 works

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Andreas Achenbach Arnold Böcklin Max Beckmann Caspar David Friedrich August Macke Bernardo Bellotto
Saint Louis Art Museum

St. Louis, United States

2 works

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Max Beckmann Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Jean-François Millet Henry Moore Max Pechstein Edouard Vuillard
Moritzburg

Halle (Saale), Germany

2 works

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El Lissitzky
Kunsthalle Mannheim

Mannheim, Germany

2 works

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Max Beckmann Caspar David Friedrich Hans Thoma Alexej Von Jawlensky Emil Nolde Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München

Münchner Haus der Kulturinstitute, Germany

2 works

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Egon Schiele Carl Blechen Michelangelo Rembrandt van Rijn
Saarland Museum

Saarbrücken, Germany

2 works

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Kunsthaus Zürich

Zurich, Switzerland

2 works

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Ferdinand Hodler Cuno Amiet Paul Cézanne Vincent van Gogh Félix Vallotton Henry Fuseli
Buffalo AKG Art Museum

Buffalo, United States

2 works

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Charles E. Burchfield Al Held Anne Appleby Antoni Tapies Franz Kline Adolph Gottlieb
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

1 works

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Leo Gestel Kazimir Malevich Eugene Brands Else Berg Piet Mondrian Carel Willink
Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister

Dresden, Germany

1 works

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Oskar Kokoschka Anthony van Dyck Emil Nolde Karl Hofer Abraham Mignon Adriaen van de Velde
Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen

Düsseldorf, Germany

1 works

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Paul Klee René Magritte Max Ernst Georges Braque Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Etel Adnan
Cleveland Museum of Art

Wade Park, United States

1 works

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Albrecht Dürer Emma Amos Pierre-Auguste Renoir Pierre Bonnard Winslow Homer Edgar Degas
Norton Simon Museum

Pasadena, United States

1 works

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Henry Moore Edgar Degas Vincent van Gogh Camille Corot Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Walker Art Center

Hennepin Avenue, United States

1 works

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Henry Moore Chuck Close Edward Hopper Felix Gonzalez-Torres Max Beckmann
Hermann Göring Collection

Carinhall, Germany

1 works

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Anthony van Dyck Aelbert Cuyp Canaletto Ferdinand Bol Jacob van Ruisdael Rembrandt van Rijn
Museum of Modern Art

Midtown Manhattan, United States

1 works

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Pablo Picasso Henri Matisse Paul Cézanne Joan Miró Odilon Redon Eva Hesse
Harvard Art Museums

Cambridge, United States

1 works

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John Singer Sargent James McNeill Whistler Pierre-Auguste Renoir Edward Burne-Jones Claude Monet Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

1 works

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Albrecht Dürer Claude Monet Pierre-Auguste Renoir Paul Cézanne Winslow Homer Édouard Manet
The Phillips Collection

Duncan Phillips House, United States

1 works

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Pierre Bonnard Ernest Lawson Paul Cézanne Georges Braque Paul Klee Albert Pinkham Ryder
Detroit Institute of Arts

Midtown Detroit, United States

1 works

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Albert Bierstadt Pierre-Auguste Renoir Jean-Honoré Fragonard Diego Rivera Allan McCollum Rembrandt van Rijn
Busch–Reisinger Museum

Cambridge, United States

1 works

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Edvard Munch Georg Baselitz Alexej Von Jawlensky A. R. Penck Emil Nolde Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York City, United States

0 works

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Thomas Rowlandson Albrecht Dürer Jackson Pollock Katsushika Hokusai John Singer Sargent Edgar Degas
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum

Palace of Villahermosa, Spain

1 works

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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Paul Gauguin Emil Nolde Maximilien Luce Wassily Kandinsky Maurice Prendergast
Kunsthalle Bremen

Mitte, Germany

1 works

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Eugène Delacroix Eugene Carriere Max Beckmann Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Félix Vallotton Camille Corot
Albertina

Palais Erzherzog Albrecht, Austria

1 works

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Albrecht Dürer Michelangelo Raphael August Macke Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Pieter Brueghel the Elder
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Houston, United States

1 works

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Albrecht Dürer Josef Albers Robert Motherwell Andy Warhol Carlos Cruz-Diez Jackson Pollock
Milwaukee Art Museum

Milwaukee, United States

1 works

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Raoul Dufy Andre Lanskoy Marc Chagall Alexandre Cabanel Alexej Von Jawlensky Camille Corot
Museum of Fine Arts Boston

Boston, United States

0 works

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Jean-François Millet Winslow Homer John Singer Sargent Claude Monet Pierre-Auguste Renoir Arthur Dove

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Frequently Asked Questions

Franz Marc facts?
Franz Marc was born in Munich, Germany in 1880^[7]. He loved animals and showed promise as an artist, joining the Munich Academy of Art when he was 20.
Was Franz Marc an expressionist?
Franz Marc was a pioneer of German^[7] Expressionism^[7]. He believed that animals were innocent victims of human thoughtlessness.
Who is Franz Marc?
Franz Marc was born in Munich, Germany in 1880^[7]. He loved animals and showed promise as an artist.
Franz Marc art movement?
Franz Marc was a pioneer of German^[7] Expressionism^[7]. In 1911^[7], he and Wassily Kandinsky founded Der Blaue Reiter.
What is Franz Marc known for?
Franz Marc is known for painting animals in bright colours and distorted shapes. He painted horses, dogs, cats, monkeys and cows.
Why did Franz Marc paint animals?
Franz Marc painted animals as a way of imagining consciousness without language. He wanted to see the world from a perspective that was not human, and animals became his answer.
What was Franz Marc's art style?
Franz Marc painted in bright colours and distorted shapes. After completing his training, he painted horses, dogs, cats, monkeys, cows, and other animals.

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Where to See guide aggregates verified holdings of Franz Marc's works across the following collections.

[1] museum Milwaukee Art Museum Used for: museum holdings.
[2] museum Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts Used for: museum holdings.
[3] museum Buffalo AKG Art Museum Used for: museum holdings.
[4] museum Kunsthalle Mannheim Used for: museum holdings.
[5] museum Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister Used for: museum holdings.
[6] museum Städel Museum Used for: museum holdings.
[7] wikipedia Wikipedia: Franz Marc Used for: biography.
[8] book Starr Figura, German Expressionism: The Graphic Impulse Used for: biography.
[9] book guggenheim-meisterw00kren Used for: biography.
[10] book Masterpieces of western art : a history of art in 900 individual studies from the Gothic to the present day Used for: biography.

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Bavarian State Painting Collections

Lenbachhaus

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Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe

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Kunstmuseum Bern

Museum Folkwang

Franz Marc Museum

Städel Museum

Hamburger Kunsthalle

Kunstmuseum Basel

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Westphalian State Museum of Art and Cultural History

Sprengel Museum

Germanisches Nationalmuseum

National Gallery of Art

Alte Nationalgalerie

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Moritzburg

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Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München

Saarland Museum

Kunsthaus Zürich

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam

Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister

Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen

Cleveland Museum of Art

Norton Simon Museum

Walker Art Center

Hermann Göring Collection

Museum of Modern Art

Harvard Art Museums

Art Institute of Chicago

The Phillips Collection

Detroit Institute of Arts

Busch–Reisinger Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum

Kunsthalle Bremen

Albertina

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

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Museum of Fine Arts Boston

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