August Macke

August Macke
August Macke, Self-portrait, 1906, oil on canvas
Born(1887-01-03)3 January 1887
Meschede, German Empire
Died26 September 1914(1914-09-26) (aged 27)
near Perthes-lès-Hurlus, Champagne, France
Resting placeGerman Military Cemetery, Souain-Perthes-lès-Hurlus
NationalityGerman
Known forPainting
Notable workList of paintings
MovementExpressionism
Signature

August Robert Ludwig Macke (3 January 1887 – 26 September 1914) was a German Expressionist painter. He was one of the leading members of the German Expressionist group Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider). He lived during a particularly active 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. As an artist of his time, Macke knew how to integrate into his painting the elements of the avant-garde which most interested him.[1] Like his friend Franz Marc and Otto Soltau, he was one of the young German artists who died in the First World War.

  1. ^ "August Macke – The Complete Works – Biography". augustmacke.org. Retrieved 22 June 2019.[circular reference]