{"product_id":"blaue-reiter","title":"The Blaue Reiter","description":"Although it only lasted three turbulent years, the afterburn of \u003cb\u003ethe Blaue Reiter \u003c\/b\u003e(1911-1914) movement exerted a tremendous influence on the development of modern European art. Named after a Kandinsky painting, The Blue Rider, this loose band of artists, grouped around Russian émigré \u003cb\u003eWassily Kandinsky\u003c\/b\u003e and German painter \u003cb\u003eFranz Marc\u003c\/b\u003e, sought to reject establishment standards and charge into a new artistic unknown.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Articulating spiritual values and concerns in an era of rapid industrialization, the artists of the Blaue Reiter were connected by a shared interest in painting, woodcuts, and prints, as well as the \u003cb\u003esymbolic values of color\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003espontaneous approaches \u003c\/b\u003eto artwork. Key pieces such as Franz Marc's Blue Horse I (1911), Kandinsky's Picture with a Black Arch (1912), and August Macke's Woman in a Green Jacket (1913) reveal varying subjects, but all channel\u003cb\u003e distorted perspectives\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003ecrude lines\u003c\/b\u003e, and an \u003cb\u003eemphatic, expressionist use of color\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Blaue Reiter was abruptly truncated by the onset of the First World War, which killed two of its leading artists, along with growing dissent between the group's protagonists. This book reveals the movement's remarkable influence despite its brevity, presenting key works, artists, and their reverberating effects.","brand":"TASCHEN","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42523000733732,"sku":"9783836537049","price":39.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0725\/9734\/0196\/files\/9783836537049.jpg?v=1779565827","url":"https:\/\/thamesandhudson.com.au\/products\/blaue-reiter","provider":"Thames \u0026 Hudson Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}