(courtesy of www.augustmacke.com)

Born on January 3rd, 1887, in Meschede, August Macke grew up in Bonn and Cologne. Being filled with enthusiasm about the painting of Böcklin, he began his studies at the art college and the arts and crafts school in Düsseldorf. In 1907 August Mac

Abstract, Abstract painting, Bright, Der blaue reiter, Figurative, Figurative painting, German expressionism

Edvard Munch, Norway's most popular artist, was a painter, lithographer, etcher, and wood engraver. He is looked upon as one of the most significant influences on the development of German and Central European expressionism. Munch's convulsed and tortuous art was formed by the misery and conflicts of

Abstract, Agitated, Dark, German expressionism, Intense, Intimate, Primal, Severe, Tragic

(With courtesy from http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/marc/)

Franz Marc was born on February 8, 1880, in Munich, Germany. He studied at the Munich Art Academy and traveled to Paris several times where he saw the work of Gauguin

Abstract, Bright, Composed, German expressionism, Pioneering

Erich Heckel was one of the charter members of Die Brucke founded in Dresden in 1905. Their meetings took place in a former butchershop and Heckel served as Treasurer and Secretary responsible for its organization. He was a close friend of Karl Schmidt-Rottluff who he met in highschool in 1901. Both

Die brucke, German expressionism, Political