August Macke

Also known as August Robert Ludwig Macke

German painter of the expressionist group Der Blaue Reiter (1887–1914)

AI overview

August Macke was a German painter who was part of the influential Expressionist group Der Blaue Reiter in the early 20th century. His work matters because he contributed to a major artistic movement that transformed how artists approached color and form, though his impact was cut short when he died in 1914 at age 27.

AI-generated from the Wikipedia summary — may contain errors.

Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: August
Gender: male
Citizenship: Kingdom of Prussia
Place of birth: Meschede
Place of death: Souain-Perthes-lès-Hurlus
Spouse: Elisabeth Erdmann-Macke
Occupation: scenographer
Languages spoken: German
Participant in: Documenta III
Field of work: painting
Genre: portrait
Movement: Expressionism
Conflict: World War I
Image: August Macke 042.jpg
Work location: London

Show 12 more facts

Commons category: August Macke
date of death: 1914-09-26
date of birth: 1887-01-03
Commons Creator page: August Macke
relative: Helmuth Macke
Commons gallery: August Macke
topic's main category: Category:August Macke
name in native language: August Robert Ludwig Macke
birth name: August Robert Ludwig Macke
military casualty classification: killed in action
place of burial: Souain-Perthes-lès-Hurlus
has works in the collection: Museum Frieder Burda

Sources (7)

via Wikidata · CC0

Works in European collections

15 objects attributed to August Macke, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Girls under Trees

Sunny Way

Victoria Bridge with Houses in Rain

Pastures at the creek

Untitled

~8 min read

Encyclopedic overview

(Learn how and when to remove this message)

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. Like his friend Franz Marc and Otto Soltau, he was one of the young German artists who died in the First World War.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “August Macke” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.