Who painted “The Tower of Blue Horses”?

“The Tower of Blue Horses” was painted by Franz Marc in 1914. Where to see it: Alte Nationalgalerie.

What to look for

Expressionism: clashing, unnatural colour, distorted bodies and faces, rough, agitated brushwork and an anxious mood; Fauvism uses colour just as freely but is joyful rather than tense.

Franz Moritz Wilhelm Marc (8 February 1880 – 4 March 1916) was a German painter and printmaker, one of the key figures of German Expressionism. He was a founding member of Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider), a journal whose name later became synonymous with the circle of artists collaborating in it. Wikipedia

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“Blue Horse I”, 1911
“The fate of the animals”, 1913
“The Dream”, 1912
“Fox”, 1911
“Yellow Cow”, 1911
“The Large Blue Horses”, 1911
“The Foxes”, 1913
“Blue horse”, 1912