Franz Marc

(German, 1880–1916)

Room Paintings holds three paintings by Franz Marc, from the National Gallery of Art and the Art Institute of Chicago. They date from 1909 to 1913. We file all of them under Expressionism. The most common subjects are animals, birds and dogs. All of them suit a room in our lists, most often the kids' room and apartment or dorm.

Styles

Expressionism 3

Rooms

Museums

The 3 paintings

Vibrantly colored geometric painting of a central white and blue waterfall with birds visible through it. A stylized red jungle cat and black wild boar drink at bottom right.

Franz Marc The Bewitched Mill, 1913 Art Institute of Chicago

Two creamy-white, long-haired dogs facing our right in a snowy field fill this horizontal painting. The scene is painted with visible, textured strokes in shades of white and ice blue. The dogs have floppy ears and long muzzles.

Franz Marc Siberian Dogs in the Snow, 1909/1910 National Gallery of Art

This painting presents a series of curved and bending lines intersecting with each other in an abstract pattern. The lines create a design resembling tree branches and leafy canopies.

Franz Marc Weasels at Play, 1911 National Gallery of Art