Der Blaue Reiter

Relief printmaker: Wassily Kandinsky
Writer: Wassily Kandinsky
Writer: Franz Marc
Categories: Reference / Essays

Reference no.:H/R/Kan.W-Mar.F/14.00 Place/Shelf:2DL

Book title:	Der Blaue Reiter
Published by:	Piper & Co. Verlag
Year made:	1914
Place made:	Germany
Original:	Yes
Dimensions:	223 x 297
Binder:	commercial binding
Physical description:	paper binding
Further information:
A copy of the second edition. "Der Blaue Reiter was formed in 1911 in Munich as a loose association of painters led by Vasily Kandinsky and Franz Marc. They shared an interest in abstracted forms and prismatic colors, which, they felt, had spiritual values that could counteract the corruption and materialism of their age. The flattened perspective and reductive forms of woodcut helped put the artists, especially Kandinsky, on the path toward abstraction in their painting." (from www.moma.org) This book, "conceived in June 1911, Der Blaue Reiter Almanach (The Blue Rider Almanac) was published in early 1912, by Piper, Munich, in an edition of 1100 copies; on 11 May, Franz Marc received a first print. The volume was edited by Kandinsky and Marc; its costs were underwritten by the industrialist and art collector Bernhard Koehler, a relative of Macke. It contained reproductions of more than 140 artworks, and 14 major articles. A second volume was planned, but the start of World War I prevented it. Instead, a second edition of the original was printed in 1914, again by Piper." (from wikipedia)