The Blue Rider
Also known as Blue Rider, Blaue Reiter, Der Blaue Reiter
group of expressionist artists
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Wassily Kandinsky, cover of Der Blaue Reiter almanac, c. 1912
Der Blaue Reiter (English: The Blue Rider) was a group of artists and a designation by Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc for their exhibition and publication activities, in which both artists acted as sole editors in the almanac of the same name (first published in mid-May 1912). The editorial team organized two exhibitions in Munich in 1911 and 1912 to demonstrate their art-theoretical ideas based on the works of art exhibited. Traveling exhibitions in German and other European cities followed. The Blue Rider disbanded at the start of World War I in 1914.