August Macke

Painting, Visual Artist

1887 – 1914

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Who was August Macke?

August Macke was one of the leading members of the German Expressionist group Der Blaue Reiter. He lived during a particularly innovative time for German art he saw the development of the main German Expressionist movements as well as the arrival of the successive avant-garde movements which were forming in the rest of Europe. Like a true artist of his time, Macke knew how to integrate into his painting the elements of the avant-garde which most interested him.

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Born
Jan 3, 1887
Meschede
Nationality
  • Germany
Lived in
  • Meschede
Died
Sep 26, 1914
Champagne

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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