Tuesday, 3 April 2012

Franz Marc: Foxes (1913)

Good image of this painting at the WebMuseum's Franz Marc pages

This is a very dynamic composition with typically dazzling treatment of colour and light. In Marc’s many animal paintings, he shows animals in such a state of harmony with their natural surroundings, that they become interwoven, creating a metaphor for the ideal harmony between humans and nature.

This painting shows many characteristics that would later identify the style of the German Expressionist movement: strong dark shading mixed with rich colour and a dynamic, almost jewel-like faceting of the image.  The structure of this particular composition is echoed in the works of Juan Gris, the Cubist who loved colour...

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