Little Blue Horse
| Little Blue Horse | |
|---|---|
| German: Blaues Pferdchen | |
 | |
| Artist | Franz Marc |
| Year | 1912 |
| Medium | oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 57.5 cm × 73 cm (22.6 in × 29 in) |
| Location | Saarland Museum, Saarbrücken |
Little Blue Horse is a painting by German Expressionist painter Franz Marc, from 1912.
Description
The painting is an oil on canvas, with dimensions 57.5 x 73 centimeters. It is in the collection of the Saarland Museum, in Saarbrücken.[1][2] The picture depicts a young horse in the foreground, standing with its legs in a balanced position. There is a small stream at his side, and behind the horse, we can see a flowering plant in front of a mountainous landscape. The horse has a blue color, while the mountains and the sky alternate between the red, yellow, blue and orange colours.
Analysis
In this period of "The New Painting," Marc was attempting to enter into the spirit of the horse, in a non-western way.[3]
In 2016, the work was part of a lecture, "Meisterwerke im Dialog III".[4]
See also
References
- ^ "Concentric Group - Oskar Schlemmer". www.europeana.eu.
- ^ "Saarland Museum | Landeshauptstadt Saarbrücken". www.saarbruecken.de. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
- ^ Susanna Partsch; Franz Marc (2001). Marc. Taschen. pp. 49–. ISBN 978-3-8228-5644-4.
- ^ http://www.gfsk-sb.de/fileadmin/GFSK/Unsere_Art/INTERNET_1259_UnsereArtn01.pdf
Sources
- Heather Alexander (20 May 2014). A Child's Introduction to Art: The World's Greatest Paintings and Sculptures. Hachette Books. pp. 81–. ISBN 978-1-57912-956-9.