Lenbachhaus Munich, Donation of the Bernhard and Elly Koehler Foundation 1965 Franz Marc came of age in the early 20th century, a period of rapid change and impending global upheaval.

Franz Marc was an integral member of the Blaue Reiter movement, along with Wassily Kandinsky. Unlike the other Blaue Reiter artists, Marc chose to paint animals more than any other subject. He had an ...