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Der Blaue Reiter
The Blue Rider (Der Blaue Reiter) was an informal collective of modern expressionist artists who came together in Munich, Germany in 1911. Led by artists including Wassily Kandinsky, Gabriele Münter and Franz Marc, the group aimed to explore the emotional and spiritual dimensions of art, emphasising abstraction, symbolism and expressive mark-making. Other members included August Macke, Elisabeth Epstein, Marianne Werefkin, and Alexej Jawlensky. The Blue Rider connected artists, musicians and performers across nations, cultures, media and styles, embracing a plurality of creative approaches. Their statements, texts and images published in The Blue Rider Almanac advocated for the liberation of art from conventional constraints, and for creative expression as a vehicle for transcendent spiritual experiences. The collective's name is said to derive from Kandinsky's 1903 painting The Blue Rider, which symbolises the freedom and journey of the artist's spirit. Through their innovative approach to colour, form, and media, the Blue Rider artists
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Der Blaue Reiter
Group of expressionist artists
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Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider) was a group of artists and a designation by Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc for their exhibition and publication activities, in which both artists acted as sole editors in the almanac of the same name (first published in mid-May 1912). The editorial team organized two exhibitions in Munich in 1911 and 1912 to demonstrate their art-theoretical ideas based on the works of art exhibited. Traveling exhibitions in German and other European cities followed. The Blue Rider disbanded at the start of World War I in 1914.
The artists associated with Der Blaue Reiter were important pioneers of modern art of the 20th century; they formed a loose network of relationships, but not an art group in the narrower sense like Die Brücke (The Bridge) in Dresden. The work of the affiliated artists is assigned to German Expressionism.
History
The forerunner of The Blue Rider was the Neue Künstlervereinigung München (N.K.V.M: New Artist
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Der Blaue Reiter. History and style of the expressionist group
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The expressionist group Der Blaue Reiter undertook a search for the emotional and spiritual values of painting that led to abstract art.
Der Blaue Reiter (“The Blue Rider”) was an organization of artists founded in Munich , Germany in 1911 and active until 1914, which contributed to the establishment of abstract art. The group was one of the two fundamental nuclei ofGerman Expressionism, consisting of international artists who produced works and theories on art at the turn of the century, organizing traveling group exhibitions until World War I. Their production was mainly related to emotional and spiritual values of personal expression, the developments of which were decisive for subsequent visual experimentation throughout the twentieth century.
In the first decade of the century, Munich was a culturally important city, a magnet for young artists who converged there to make contact with new experiences and break new ground. Among them was
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