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Colored Flowers

Franz Marc (AKA Franz Moriz Wilhelm Marc), German, (February 8, 1880–March 4, 1916)

Creation date: 1913-1914

Creation place: Europe

Other Information

Type: Tempera Drawing

Medium and Support: Tempera over graphite on paper

Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Norton S. Walbridge

Accession Number: 1976.206

Dimensions: 8 in. x 6 3/8 in. (20.32 cm x 16.19 cm)

Provenance

David B. Findlay, Inc., New York, New York ( - May 18, 1968)

Franz Marc, Germany (1913-1914 - March 4, 1916)

Franz Marc, Germany (March 4, 1916 - )

Mr. and Mrs. Norton S. Walbridge, La Jolla, California (May 18, 1968 - January 14, 1977)

San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, California (January 14, 1977 - )

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The Human Beast
Summer 2012
Best known for his images of animals—which he regarded as symbols of spiritual renewal—Franz Marc also experimented for a few years with abstraction. He was encouraged in this direction by Kandinsky, his fellow member of the Blaue Reiter, but also by Robert Delaunay, whom Marc met in 1912, and even by exposure to Cubism and Futurism. This painting is from one of the important sketchbooks in which Marc developed his radical ideas about form and color and his belief that only through abstraction could the artist transcend the material world. Marc thus virtually abandons representation of the Colored Flowers of his title, using them instead as inspiration for a system of energetic curving forms and colors.

Tradition and Innovation installation
August 2003
“Traditions are a splendid thing: but we should create traditions, not live by them,” explained Marc, a prominent member of the avant-garde in Germany before World War I, who experimented with many media on paper. He preferred to work with tempera and other materials that permitted the juxtaposition of opaque and flat areas with watercolor. Through his dynamic use of color and opacity in contrast with areas of blank paper, Marc successfully created monumental pulsing, rhythmic effects that belie the modest scale of this work.
Last Updated: 7/26/2012

Exhibition

This object was included in the following exhibitions:

Permanent Collections exhibit , 00/00/00 - 5/6/1981

Twentieth Century Tempo San Diego Museum of Art , 6/18/1968 - 7/31/1968

Color & Form, 1909–1914 San Diego Museum of Art , 11/20/1971 - 5/7/1972

Works on Paper: 1900–1960, from Southern California Collections Montgomery Art Gallery , 9/18/1977 - 12/31/1977

Franz Marc: Pioneer of Spiritual Abstraction University Art Museum , 12/5/1979 - 6/15/1980

The Walbridge Legacy The San Diego Museum of Art , 4/9/1988 - 5/29/1988

Franz Marc: Zeichnungen und Aquarelle Brücke-Museum , 9/3/1989 - 2/11/1990

Twentieth-Century Drawings from the Permanent Collection San Diego Museum of Art , 4/7/1990 - 6/17/1990

Franz Marc: Kräfte der Natur • Werk, 1912–1915 Westfälisches Landesmuseum , 12/2/1993 - 5/15/1994

Tradition and Innovation of European Modernis Drawings in Watercolors San Diego Museum of Art , 8/23/2003 - 12/14/2003

The Human Beast San Diego Museum of Art , 7/21/2012 - 11/11/2012

Expressionism in Germany and France: From Van Gogh to Kandinsky Los Angeles County Museum of Art , 6/8/2014 - 9/14/2014

Van Gogh to Kandinsky: Expressionism to Impressionism, 1900-1914 , 10/11/2014 - 1/25/2015

Bibliography

This object has the following bibliographic references:

The Walbridge Legacy San Diego Museum of Art. San Diego, California, 1988
Page Number: 61

The Walbridge Legacy San Diego Museum of Art. San Diego, California, 1988
Page Number: 45, Figure Number: 45

Dr. Malcolm Warner. San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego Museum of Art. San Diego, California, 1993
Page Number: 222, 230, 231, Figure Number: 231

Mr. Steven L. Brezzo. Apollo The Financial Times, Ltd. London, England, June 1982
Page Number: 484, 485, Figure Number: 13

Magdalena M. Moeller. Franz Marc: Verlag Gerd Hatje. Ostfildern, Germany, 1989
Page Number: 43

Magdalena M. Moeller. Franz Marc: Verlag Gerd Hatje. Ostfildern, Germany, 1989
Page Number: 167, Figure Number: 167

Magdalena M. Moeller. Franz Marc: Verlag Gerd Hatje. Ostfildern, Germany, 1989
Page Number: 282, no. 167

Andrea Witte, ed. Franz Marc: Verlag Gerd Hatje. Ostfildern, Germany, 1993
Page Number: 229, Figure Number: 80

Andrea Witte, ed. Franz Marc: Verlag Gerd Hatje. Ostfildern, Germany, 1993
Page Number: 323, no. 80

Mark Rosenthal. Franz Marc: 1880–1916 University Art Museum. Berkeley, California, 1979
Page Number: 101, Figure Number: 44

Mark Rosenthal. Franz Marc: 1880–1916 University Art Museum. Berkeley, California, 1979
Page Number: 32

Mark Rosenthal. Franz Marc: 1880–1916 University Art Museum. Berkeley, California, 1979
Page Number: 109, no. 44

Mark Rosenthal. Franz Marc Prestel-Verlag. Munich, Germany, 1989
Page Number: 42

Mark Rosenthal. Franz Marc Prestel-Verlag. Munich, Germany, 1989
Page Number: 44, Figure Number: 44

Mark Rosenthal. Franz Marc Prestel-Verlag. Munich, Germany, 1989
Page Number: 155, no. 44

Mr. Henry G. Gardiner. Color & Form, 1909–1914: San Diego Museum of Art. San Diego, California, 1971
Page Number: 82, 95, Figure Number: 62

Hermann Bünemann. Franz Marc: F. Bruckmann KG. München, Germany, 1960
Page Number: 45, Neben Abb. 63

Hermann Bünemann. Franz Marc: F. Bruckmann KG. München, Germany, 1960
Page Number: opposite illustration 63, Figure Number: opposite illustration 63

Joanne Jaffe, ed. Works on Paper: 1900–1960, Montgomery Art Gallery, Pomona College. Claremont, California, 1977
Page Number: 49-50, 74, Figure Number: 43

Melinda Wortz. Art News Art News. New York, New York, December 1977
Page Number: 106

Max Robinson. Franz Marc: Paintings Tudor Publishing Co.. New York, New York, October 1963
Page Number: 12, Figure Number: 12

Lothar-Günther Bucchheim. Der Blaue Reiter Buccheim Verlag Feldafing. Germany, 1959
Page Number: 171, 333, Figure Number: 171

Jenny Haviland. A Picture History of Art: Phaidon Press Limited. Oxford, England, 1979
Page Number: 269, Figure Number: 6

Mr. Steven Kern. San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego Museum of Art. San Diego, California, 2003
Page Number: 150, Figure Number: 150

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