Little Blue Horse
| Little Blue Horse | |
|---|---|
| German: Blaues Pferdchen | |
 | |
| Artist | Franz Marc |
| Year | 1912 |
| Medium | oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 57.5 cm × 73 cm (22.6 in × 29 in) |
| Location | Saarland Museum, Saarbrücken |
Little Blue Horse is an oil on canvas painting by German Expressionist painter Franz Marc, from 1912.
Description[edit]
The has the dimensions of 57.5 x 73 centimeters. It is in the collection of the Saarland Museum, in Saarbrücken.[1][2] The picture depicts a young horse in the foreground, standing with its legs in a balanced position. There is a small stream at his side, and behind the horse, we can see a flowering plant in front of a mountainous landscape. The horse has a blue color, while the mountains and the sky alternate between the red, yellow, blue and orange colours.
Provenance[edit]
Marc made the painting for Walterchen, the son of his friend and colleague August Macke, a fact that the inscription at his top right demonstrates. In 1956, the museum director Rudolf Bornschein acquired the painting for the Saarbrücker Stadt-und Heimatmuseum, which in 1968 merged with the Moderne Galerie. Little Blue Horse is one of the Saarbrücker Sammlung's most famous works.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Concentric Group - Oskar Schlemmer". www.europeana.eu.
- ^ "Saarland Museum | Landeshauptstadt Saarbrücken". www.saarbruecken.de. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
Sources[edit]
- Heather Alexander (20 May 2014). A Child's Introduction to Art: The World's Greatest Paintings and Sculptures. Hachette Books. pp. 81–. ISBN 978-1-57912-956-9.
External links[edit]
Media related to Blaues Pferdchen by Franz Marc at Wikimedia Commons
