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Franz Marc
Franz Marc (1880-1916), was one of the principal painters and printmakers
of the German Expressionist movement.
Most of Marc's mature work portrays animals, usually in natural settings. His work is
characterized by bright primary color, an almost cubist portrayal of animals, stark
simplicity and a profound sense of emotion, which garnered notice in influential circles even in his own time.
Franz Marc's best known painting is probably Tierschicksale (also known as Animal Destinies
or Fate of the Animals) completed in 1913, which hangs in the Basel Kunstmuseum in Basel.
Marc made some sixty prints, in woodcut and lithography.
In October 1998, several of Marc's paintings garnered record prices at Christie's art
auction house in London, including Rote Rehe I (Red Deer I), which sold for £3.30m.
This record was exceeded in October 1999, when Der Wasserfall (The Waterfall) was
sold by Sotheby's in London to a private collector for £5.06m. This price set a record for
both Franz Marc's work, and 20th century German painting.
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