Franz Marc

Franz Moritz Wilhelm Marc (8 February 1880 – 4 March 1916) was a painter and printmaker, and one of the key artists in the German Expressionist movement. Together with Wassily Kandinsky, he founded "Der Blau Reiter" (a journal whose name later became synonymous with the circle of artists collaborating in it) with the goal to use art to overcome the toxic state of the modern world.

Marc's art style had a large impact on the post World War I expressionism artists. Fascinated by futuristic and cubist styles, he used form and symbolism to convey his message about humanity.