Picture "Riding School After Ridinger" (1913)
Picture "Riding School After Ridinger" (1913)
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limited, 18 copies | signed | numbered | woodcut on Japan paper | framed | size 48 x 55 cm
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Picture "Riding School After Ridinger" (1913)
His woodcut "Riding School after Ridinger" leaves nothing to be desired in terms of dynamism and expressive power. On the contrary, the motif gains significantly in drama through the strong contrast of black and white. The title of this work can be interpreted as a homage to the Baroque artist Johann Elias Ridinger. Ridinger was primarily known for his graphics with detailed animal representations - especially of horses.
Original woodcut on Japanese paper, 1913. Probably a copy of the first edition of at least 18 copies on this paper. Signed. Size of motif 26.5 x 29.5 cm. Sheet size 37 x 41 cm. Size in frame 48 x 55 cm as shown.
About Franz Marc
1880-1916
Franz Marc's unique talent was recognised and encouraged at the Munich Academy. On several trips to Paris, he discovered the works of van Gogh for the first time, which made a significant impression on him and helped him to develop an independent artistic language. Through his friend August Macke, he met Wassily Kandinsky, Gabriele Münter and Alfred Kubin, with whom he founded the Expressionist artists' association "Der Blaue Reiter" in 1911. At the outbreak of World War I, Marc was drafted into military service and died two years later in the Battle of Verdun.
Marc examined Naturalism, Art Nouveau and French Impressionism, but sought a new language of expression in order to be able to depict "the spiritual essence of things". With unprecedented consistency, he approached a new form of art in which colours acquired a symbolic meaning far beyond naturalistic representation: "Every colour must clearly say who and what it is, and must be set on clear shapes", Marc explained. For him, blue is the colour of the spiritual, red is love, passion and vulnerability, yellow is the sun and femininity.
Animal, in particular, were the focus of his painting, as they, in contrast to people, symbolised originality and purity to him. Just like Kandinsky, he sought the renewal of the spiritual in art.
The field of graphic arts, that includes artistic representations, which are reproduced by various printing techniques.
Printmaking techniques include woodcuts, copperplate engraving, etching, lithography, serigraphy.