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| | Blaue Reiter, artists and art...the-artists.org |
 | | Together with the Brücke (active in Dresden from 1905, and later in Berlin), Der Blaue Reiter group in Munich and Murnau was one of the most significant modernising elements in 20th century German art. |
 | | In contrast to the Brücke, with its closely knit artistic and communal life-style, Der Blaue Reiter represented a somewhat loose association of differing artistic personalities. |
 | | The two leading figures were Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc, and the high points of the movement’s activities were its two exhibitions of 1911 and 1912, together with publication of the "Almanach Der Blaue Reiter" in 1912, a document that was later to become so famous... |
| www.the-artists.org /MovementView.cfm?id=8A01EE89-BBCF-11D4-A93500D0B7069B40 (392 words) |
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