Next week, a new show exploring the lives, work, and close friendship of artists Franz Marc and August Macke will open at the Neue Galerie.
From Neue Galerie: “In the four years prior to Macke’s death in 1914, they wrote each other scores of letters, visited each other’s homes, traveled together, and often discussed the development of their work. They shared ideas about art, and through their innovations helped create the movement known as Expressionism in early twentieth-century Germany. The exhibition will focus on Marc and Macke’s artistic relationship, how their lives intersected, and how their art was developed and received during their lifetimes.
Featuring approximately 70 paintings and works on paper, “Franz Marc and August Macke” is comprised of loans from public and private collections worldwide. While Marc has received acclaim in the United States, Macke has not become well known. This presentation at Neue Galerie New York is the first time that Macke’s work will be shown in an American museum exhibition, and the first exhibition in the United States on the relationship between these artists”
The exhibition (on view from October 4th, 2018 to January 21, 2019) is organized by the Neue Galerie New York and the Musées d’Orsay et de l’Orangerie, Paris.
CALA students will have the opportunity to view and discuss Marc’s and Macke’s works in the upcoming course German Art: From Impressionism to the Bauhaus. The course starts next week, but there is still time to register. For more information and to register, click here.
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