“Blue is the male principle, stern and spiritual. Yellow is the female principle, gentle, cheerful and sensual. Red is matter, brutal and heavy and always the colour that must be fought and vanquished by the other two.”

— Franz Marc

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About Franz Marc

Artist • German

Franz Marc was a German painter and printmaker, a pivotal figure in the German Expressionist movement. He was a founding member of Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider), a journal and artistic circle that became synonymous...

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