August Macke: 160+ Expressionist Paintings - Expressionism

AUGUST MACKE Art Book contains 160+ Expressionist Reproductions of landscapes, portraits and genre scenes with title,date and interesting facts page below. Book includes Table of Contents, thumbnail gallery and is formatted for all Kindle readers and Tablets (use rotate and/or zoom feature on landscape/horizontal images for optimal viewing).

BORN: January 3, 1887 in Meschede, Germany.
DIED: September 26, 1914 in Champagne, France.

MOVEMENT: Expressionism

INTERESTING FACTS:
§ Macke studied at the Düsseldorf Art Academy and the School of Applied Arts from 1904 to 1906.
§ In 1907, he went to Berlin to study under Lovis Corinth.
§ In 1911, Macke was a founding member of Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider) group of artists. It’s members included Wassily Kandinsky, Franz Marc, Marianne von Werefkin, Alexej von Jawlensky and Gabriele Münter.
§ On September 26, 1914, Macke died as a soldier at the German front in Champagne, France. He was only 27 yrs old.

NOTABLE WORKS:
Children at the Port, Colored Composition aka Homage to Johann Sebastian Bach, Farewell, Hat Shop, Indians, Portrait of Elisabeth Gerhardt. St Mary’s in the Snow.