Artist: August Macke (1887 - 1914)
Nationality: German
Movement: Expressionism
Media: Painting
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Biography:
August Macke first trained under Corinth in Berlin before visiting Paris multiple times between 1907 and 1912. He was inspired by various movements in French art, particularly Impressionism, Fauvism, and Orphism. He combined all these styles and created an individual approach to painting. Although he is associated with the Expressionist movement, his paintings generally dealt with pleasant subjects rather than the anguish that other members of the movement preferred to paint. After meeting Kandinsky and Marc in Munich around 1910, the three founded Der Blaue Reiter. However, while the other members of the group headed towards abstraction, Macke continued to paint mostly representational subject matter. Macke was killed while serving in World War I.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (60)
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Greeting, August Macke (Germany, Meschede, 1887 - 1914) , 1912, Linoleum cut on wove paper
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Nude, August Macke (Germany, Meschede, 1887 - 1914) , circa 1910, Charcoal on thick brownish wove paper
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Greeting, August Macke (Germany, Meschede, 1887 - 1914) , 1912, Linoleum cut on wove paper
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Untitled, August Macke (Germany, Meschede, 1887 - 1914) , circa 1913, Linoleum cut on wove paper
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Untitled, August Macke (Germany, Meschede, 1887 - 1914) , circa 1913, Linoleum cut on wove paper
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Untitled, August Macke (Germany, Meschede, 1887 - 1914) , circa 1913, Linoleum cut on wove paper
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Exhibition of Rhineland Expressionists, August Macke (Germany, Meschede, 1887 - 1914) , 1913, Lithograph on wove paper
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Das Kunstblatt, Heft 4 (April 1918) Regular Edition, August Macke (Germany, Meschede, 1887 - 1914) , 1918, Printed material and 1 linoleum cut on wove paper
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Gottlieb August Liebe August Keppel 18th - 19th century
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Das Kunstblatt 2, no. 4 (1918) Deluxe edition, Heinrich Campendonk (Germany, Krefeld, 1889 - 1957) , 1918, Printed material with one linoleum cut and one woodcut on wove paper
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Das Kunstblatt 2, no. 4 (1918) Deluxe edition, Heinrich Campendonk (Germany, Krefeld, 1889 - 1957) , 1918, Printed material with one linoleum cut and one woodcut on wove paper
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Fashion Plate (London Fashions for August), I. W. H. Payne  (Publisher), August 1, 1814, Hand-colored engraving on paper
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Gregory Amenoff - Light in August 1996 oil on canvas Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art American
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Robert Wray Manning - August Still Life 1941 oil on board Cleveland Museum of Art American
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Edward Hopper - August in the City 1945 oil on canvas Norton Museum of Art American
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B. v. F. Vor Paris (Hannover: August Curtze, [ca. 1870]) book with chromolithographs 1870
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Temple Gardens, 1920 Paul Klee (German, 1879-1940)Gouache and traces of ink on paper; H. 7-1/4,
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Jacob van Huysum - Twelve months of flowers: August early 18th cent oil on canvas The Fitzwilliam Museum Dutch
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Artist: Berenice Abbott Title: Waterfront, from Pier 19, East River, New York City Date: August
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Anders Zorn August Strindberg Etching with drypoint 1910
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Rineke Dijkstra - Tiergarten, Berlin, August 13, 2000 2000 C-print Miami Art Museum Dutch
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George Catiln - First Sailing of the Griffin on Lake Erie. August 7, 1679 1847-1848 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Paysage aux deux figures (1908) by PICASSO Pablo (dit), RUIZ-PICASSO Pablo
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A. K. Moe Harvard Lampoon August 1895 Poster 1895
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Anonymous Overland Monthly, August 1895 poster 1895
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Gottfried August Grundler J.M. Gasser 18th century
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Fashion Plate, Mariton , August, 1856, Colored engraving
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Fashion Plate, Mariton , August, 1859, Colored engraving on paper
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Fashion Plate, Mariton , August, 1859, Colored engraving on paper
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Kriegszeit, no. 52 (31 August 1915), August Gaul (Germany, Grossauheim, 1869 - 1921) , 1915, Printed material and four lithographs on wove paper
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Kriegszeit, no. 52 (31 August 1915), August Gaul (Germany, Grossauheim, 1869 - 1921) , 1915, Printed material and four lithographs on wove paper
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Crab, Nakano Goro (Japan) , August 25, 1933, Color woodblock print
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Frederic August von Kaulbach Self-Portrait Drypoint 1916
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Summer Day, Urata Giichi (Japan) , August 25, 1933, Color woodblock print
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Landscape, Nagayama Goho (Japan) , August 25, 1933, Color woodblock print
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Parasol, Tsukamoto Magoe (Japan) , August 25, 1933, Color woodblock print
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Karl August Schwerdgeburth Karl V 18th - 19th century
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Gottfried August Grundler Campejus Vitringa, etc. 18th century
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Helen Hyde August color woodcut 1914
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Helen Hyde August Color woodcut 1914
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J.S.L. Halle August von Hoff 18th - 19th century
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Fashion Plate, Mariton , August, 1857, Colored engraving on paper
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Bradley & Rulofson Portrait of August Wilhelm photograph circa 1880
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August, Thea Spangenberg , circa 1921, Woodcut on laid paper
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Severinstrasse, August Sander (Germany, 1876 - 1964) , 1930s, Gelatin-silver print
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Karl August Schwerdgeburth Franz von Siekingen 18th - 19th century
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Karl August Schwerdgeburth Regula Swingli 18th - 19th century
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Karl August Schwerdgeburth Ulrich von Rutten 18th - 19th century
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Karl August Schwerdgeburth The Three Electorates from Saxony 18th - 19th century
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Dream of Summer, Masumi Tadao (Japan) , August 25, 1933, Color woodblock print
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Hanamichi, Nagayama Goho (Japan) , August 25, 1933, Black and white woodblock print
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Summer Insect (I), Masumi Tadao (Japan) , August 25, 1933, Color woodblock print
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Daniel Beyel D. Johan August Noesselt 18th - 19th century
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August Gaul Horns Riff Lithograph 1916
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Joseph Christian Leyendecker The August Century Color lithograph 1896
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Clare Leighton August - Harvesting Wood engraving 20th century
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J.S.L. Halle August Wilhelm Hupel 18th - 19th century
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Untitled, Nicholas P. Brigante (Italy, Padulla, 1895 - 1989) , August 1961, Brush and ink wash
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August: Fishing, Antonio Tempesta (Italy, Florence, 1555 - 1630) , Etching
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August Ruessener Portrait of a man 19th century

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (7)
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Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard: The Blue Rider Artists: Works from the Busch-Reisinger Museum and other Collections
Artists in the Blue Rider included Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, August Macke, as well as Franz Marc and others....
Sprengel Museum: Cubisme - Cubism: An Artistic Watershed in Europe 1906-1926
Around then, the Moscow collector Ivan Morossov also bought Picassos. Villa Schschukin in the grand Snamenski Lane was open to the public from 1909, providing many Moscow artists, such as M. Larionov and N. Gont-scharova, David Buliyuk, Kasimir Ma...
Sprengel Museum: Theo Garve - Paintings and Coloured Pictures
The artist was born on 21 November, 1902 in Offenbach. After completing an apprenticeship as an engine-fitter, he attended at first the Offenbach and then the Frankfurt School of Arts and Crafts. His first attempts at painting were ...
Wilhelm-Hack-Museum: Der Blaue Reiter: The Freeing of Color
The exhibition has been curated by the Museums director, Dr. Richard Gassen and will show approximately 200 pieces by 13 artists. The outstanding quality of the exhibition lies in its unique conception as well as in the excellent collaboration ...
Phillips Auctioneers: Phillips, de Pury and Luxembourg to Auction Hoener Collection of 20th Century German Art
Phillips, de Pury and Luxembourg will auction the Diethelm Hoener Collection of 20th Century German Art on Monday, November 5 at 11:00 am. Among the highlights of the collection are two rare beach scenes by Max Liebermann, which illustrate...
Ketterer Kunst: 16 Works from the Herbert and Natalie Kirshner Collection, New York
Gabriele Münter's Kandinsky und Erma Bossi am Tisch was made in 1909, like two other oil paintings with the same subject, shortly after the artist bought her house in Murnau. It shows the interior of the living room in the so-called Russenhaus – a...
Haus der Kunst: Masterpieces from Fra Angelico to Bonnard The Collection Dr. Gustav Rau
After the exhibition in Paris and Cologne, this priceless collection is now to be seen in its noticeably enlarged form in Haus der Kunst. A selection of 100 paintings demonstrates in an exemplary manner the development of European painting from th...

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