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site at http://www.jnniepce.com/ Franz Marc (February 8, 1880 –
March 4, 1916) was one of the principal painters and printmakers
of the German Expressionist movement. He was a founding member
of "Der Blaue Reiter" ("The Blue Rider"), an almanac the name of
which later became synonymous with the circle of artists
collaborating in it. Franz Marc was born in 1880, in the German
town of Munich. His father, Wilhelm, was a professional
landscape painter, and his mother Sophie was a strict Calvinist.
In 1900, he began to study at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich,
where his teachers would include Gabriel von Hackl and Wilhelm
von Diez. In 1903 and 1907 he spent time in France, particularly
in Paris, visiting the city's museums, and copying many of the
images. In Paris, he frequented artistic circles which brought
him into contact with a number of artists, including Sarah
Bernhardt, and he di