The Large Blue Horses, Franz Marc
Franz Marc·The Large Blue Horses·1911·Oil on canvas·Walker Art Center, Minneapolis↓

Franz Marc German, 1880 – 1916

The Large Blue Horses, 1911

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Three horses merge into a single rhythmic form, their curves answered by the red hills behind them. For Marc, blue was the colour of spirit, and animals offered a purity the modern world had lost.

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The horses' rounded backs and the curves of the hills rhyme almost exactly.

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