Marc Franz - Franz Marc

1880 Franz Marc was born on the 8 th of February in Munich.

1894-1899 He studied at the Luitpold Gynasium and graduated with a diploma.

1899 Served in the military. Also enrolled at the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Munich.

1900 Began to study painting.

1901 Marc travelled with his brother Paul to Venice, Padua, and Verona.

1902 Completed plein air painting near Kochel (Bavaria), including Peat Moss Huts at Dachau.

1903 Marc travelled, following an invitation of a fellow student to Paris, returning through Brittany and Normandy. Saw Manet, Monet, and Renoir at the Galerie Durand-Ruel.

1904 Moved into his first independent studio in Munich (Kaulbachstrae 68) and moved again at the end of the year (Schellinger Street 33). Painted Indersdorf.

1905 Painted The Dead Sparrow and Little Horse Study.

1906 Visited Greece and Mount Athos. Painted Two Women on the Hillside.

1907 Journeyed again to Paris and found himself greatly impressed with the works of Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin.

1908-1909 Marc spent time in Tolz (Bavaria) and was influenced by the works of Van Gogh. Painted Larch Trees and Deerat Dusk.

1910 Encountered art dealers Brakl and Thannhauser, as well as August Macke. In the autumn, Marc participated in the second exhibition of the New Artists Association at the Galerie Thannhauser in Munich. Painted Nude with Cat, Grazing Horses and began Dog Lying in the Snow.

1911 Marc was made a member of the New Artists Association in Munich, as well as their third Chairman. Produced Deer in the Snow, Blue Horse I, The Steer, Monkey-Frieze, Donkey-Frieze, Blue-Black Fox, and Little Blue Horses.

1912 Encountered the artists of Die Brcke (The Bridge), as well as Paul Klee. Travelled to Paris with Auguste Macke where they visited Robert Delaunay, a participant of the Second Exhibition of The Blue Rider group. Painted Girl with a Cat, Red Deer, TheLittle Blue Horse, The Tiger, Three Animals (Dog, Fox, and Cat).

1913 Marc participated in the preparation for the First German Autum Salon. Produced The Tower of Blue Horses, Foxes, Animal Fates, The Mandrill, Painting with Cattle.

1914 Took part in the Expressionist exhibition in Dresden. Moved to Ried. Marc volunteered for World War I from the start, 1 st of August. Painted TheBirds, Deer in the Forest, Fighting Forms, Broken Forms.

1914-1916 Began what would become his famous sketchbook, as well as the final version of Tyrol.

4 March 1916 Franz Marc was mortally wounded by shelling in Braquis near Verdun.

1916 Retrospective at the New Munich Secession.

1937 Marcs art was banned on the grounds that it was Degenerate Art