1. 100 years of creativity Franz Marc

2. Curriculum vitae Franz Moritz Wilhelm Marc was born on 8th February 1880 in Munich. His father was a professional landscape painter. In 1900, Marc began to study at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. He was a painter and printmaker, one of the key figures of the German Expressionist movement.

3. Franz Moritz Wilhelm Marc had two wifes. On 27th March 1907, he married Marie Schnür in Munich. In 1911 Franz married the painter Maria Franck in London. Marc had no children. Maria and Marc

4. He worked together with Wassily Kandinsky on the „Blauer Reiter“ („The Blue Rider“). The most famous of his works is „The Blue Horse“. Other works are „Fate of the Animals“, „Tiger“, „The yellow Cow“ and „Fighting Forms“. The Blue Horse His work …

5. His last years In 1914, when World War I had broken out, Franz sent a letter to Kandinsky. He wrote: „In these times, anyone, like it or not, belongs to his nation. I fight against this feeling very much; my heart is closer to Europe than to Germany.” In 1916 he took part in the First World War, where he died.

6. Franz Marc died on 4th March 1916 in France. His grave is in the park of the castle at Gussainville Braquis and has a simple memorial stone. In 1917 his body was transferred to Kochel am See in Germany.

7. Made by Janin Krüger Lisa Nandke Dr. Georg Graf von Arco Oberschule mit Grundschulteil Nauen Class: 9a/b