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Blaue Reiter |
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Blaue Reiter (German) [ˈblauə ˈraitər] n (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Movements) der. a group of German expressionist painters formed in Munich in 1911, including Kandinsky and Klee, who sought to express the spiritual side of man and nature, which they felt had been neglected by impressionism [literally: blue rider, name adopted by Kandinsky and Marc because they liked the colour blue, horses, and riders] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Depending on one's vantage point, each painting corresponds--to a greater or lesser extent--to some telling precedent, from the Blaue Reiter to Fauvism or Impressionism. Schonberg, Kandinsky, Blaue Reiter und die Russische Auantgarde," Amold Schonberg Center, Vienna, 2000. Metzkes's riderless blue horse, which isn't heroic or pretentious, seems to quietly take issue with the elitist utopianism of artists affiliated with the Blaue Reiter group. |
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