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August Macke
1887-1914
One of the Greatest Painters Of All Time
German Abstract Expressionist Painter and member of the Blaue Reiter Movement
Influences - Paul Klee, Franz Marc , Wassily Kandinsky, Ernst Kirchner and Henri Matisse
Education - Duesseldorfer Academy of Arts
Medium - Tempera on wood
Cause of Death - Died in battle (several bullet wounds) in the First World War
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Expressionist art was
conceived in opposition of
Impressionism. The
Expressionist craved
emotional drama, pure color
and innovation. Max Beckmann
asserted "Art is creative
for the sake of realization,
not for amusement: for
transfiguration, not for the
sake of play. It is the
quest of our self that
drives us along the eternal
and never-ending journey we
must all make."
Expressionist painters look
inward at their own
emotions, and less on the
outside world. Painters of
the Expressionist generation
grew up on the battlefield,
witnessing wartime
atrocities and returning to
war ravaged countries.
The German Expressionists,
George Grosz,
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner,
Emil Nolde and
Oskar Kokoschka
dominated the art
scene with powerful,
emotional work based on the
human struggle and futility
of war. Their art-work was
born in a world of confusion
and social collapse.
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