The Blaue Reiter

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          The charge of 20th-century expressionismAlthough it only lasted three turbulent years, the afterburn of the Blaue Reiter (1911�C1914) movement exerted a tremendous influence on the development of modern European art. Named after a Kandinsky painting, The Blue Rider, this loose band of artists, grouped around Russian ��migr�� Wassily Kandinsky and German painter Franz Marc, sought to reject establishment standards and charge into a new artistic unknown.

          Articulating spiritual values and concerns in an era of rapid industrialization, the artists of the Blaue Reiter were connected by a shared interest in painting, woodcuts, and prints, as well as the symbolic values of color and spontaneous approaches to artwork. Key pieces such as Franz Marc��s Blue Horse I (1911), Kandinsky��s Picture with a Black Arch (1912), and August Macke��s Woman in a Green Jacket (1913) reveal varying subjects, but all channel distorted perspectives, crude lines, and an emphatic, expressionist use of color.

          The Blaue Reiter was abruptly truncated by the onset of the First World War, which killed two of its leading artists, along with growing dissent between the group��s protagonists. This book reveals the movement��s remarkable influence despite its brevity, presenting key works, artists, and their reverberating effects.
          The author

          Hajo D��chting (1949�C2017) studied art history, philosophy, and archaeology in Munich, where he gained his doctorate in 1981 with a thesis on Robert Delaunay��s Windows series. After working in museum and adult education, he moved on to teaching posts and guest professorships at the universities of Munich, Kassel, Leipzig, Saarbr��cken, and Mainz. D��chting published numerous articles on the art of the modern era, color theory, and the teaching of art, and authored a number of TASCHEN titles, including Paul C��zanne, Wassily Kandinsky, and Georges Seurat.

          The Blaue Reiter
          Hardcover,?21 x 26 cm,?0.63 kg,?96 pages

          ISBN 978-3-8365-3701-8

          Edition: German

          ISBN 978-3-8365-3704-9

          Edition: English

          ISBN 978-3-8365-3742-1

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