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Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider) was a group of artists and a designation by Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc for their exhibition and publication activities, in which both artists acted as sole editors in the almanac of the same name (first published in mid-May 1912).
Der Blaue Reiter was a group of abstract painters who sought to express the spiritual value of art through color and form. Learn about their key ideas, artists, and artworks, such as Kandinsky's Composition VII and Marc's The Yellow Cow.
The Blue Rider (German: Der Blaue Reiter) is an oil painting executed in Bavaria in 1903 by the Russian emigré artist Wassily Kandinsky. It is now held in a private collection in Zürich, and shares its name with an almanac and the art movement he would co-found with Franz Marc in the early 1910s.
Der Blaue Reiter, organization of artists based in Germany that contributed greatly to the development of abstract art. Neither a movement nor a school with a definite program, Der Blaue Reiter was a loosely knit organization of artists that organized group shows between 1911 and 1914.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Using a visual vocabulary of abstract forms and prismatic colors, Blaue Reiter artists explored the spiritual values of art as a counter to [what they saw as] the corruption and materialism of their age. The name, meaning “blue rider,” refers to a key motif in Kandinsky’s work: the horse and rider.
Der Blaue Reiter was a collective of modern artists who explored the emotional and spiritual dimensions of art, emphasising abstraction, symbolism and expressive mark-making. The group, led by Kandinsky, Münter and Marc, influenced European modern art and connected artists across nations, cultures and media.
The Blue Rider. The Lenbachhaus has the world's largest collection of art of "Der Blaue Reiter" (The Blue Rider), one of the most important groups of avant-garde artists in the early twentieth century.
