Franz Marc: Seeing Through it All
The famous painter of colourful animals hoped to find the essence of all things beyond the wonderful illusion of our world.
Franz Marc predominantly painted animals. Or to be precise, he animalised his paintings. His art was driven by a philosophical exploration of nature and by interrogating the nature of reality itself.
As I understand it, Marc was beginning to build upon the concept of animism — that all things have within them an animating spirit. However, he…
