Quote of Wassily Kandinsky, as quoted in Kandinsky and the Blue Rider, Vezin, Annette; Vezin, Luc (1992). Terrail.
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Both of us loved blue, Franz Marc horses, I [= Kandinsky - together they founded the artist-group & the art-Journal in Munich, 1911]. Hence the name 'Der Blaue Reiter' [The Blue Rider; title of the publication in the 'Munich Almanac', edited by Kandinsky and Franz Marc]
— Quote of Wassily Kandinsky
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Source: Wikiquote: "Der Blaue Reiter" (Quotes of der Blaue Reiter / Blue Rider: chronologically arranged, on date of the quotes about Blaue Reiter / Blue Rider, Quotes, 1910 - 1940)
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About Der Blaue Reiter
Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider) - in quotes. Der Blaue Reiter (Blue Rider) was a group of artists including their Art-Journal, initiated in 1911, in Munich, Germany. The group and the journal was founded by Kandinsky & Franz Marc and played an important role in German Expressionism. Participating artists were Russian emigrants, including Wassily Kandinsky, Alexej von Jawlensky, Marianne von Werefkin, and native German artists, such as Franz Marc, August Macke and Gabriele Münter.
About Der Blaue Reiter
Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider) - in quotes. Der Blaue Reiter (Blue Rider) was a group of artists including their Art-Journal, initiated in 1911, in Munich, Germany. The group and the journal was founded by Kandinsky & Franz Marc and played an important role in German Expressionism. Participating artists were Russian emigrants, including Wassily Kandinsky, Alexej von Jawlensky, Marianne von Werefkin, and native German artists, such as Franz Marc, August Macke and Gabriele Münter.
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