Similarities Between Der Blaue Reiter And Kandinsky

Shortly before the ending of Die Brucke in 1913 another similar artistic group was formed in 1911, Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider). They were a group of bold thinking artists living in Munich. The founders were Russian born Wassily Kandinsky (Kandinsky) and German, Franz Marc (Marc). They had originally been part of and founded the New Artist Association or the Neue Kunstler Vereiningung.The reason for the name Der Blaue Reiter is not really known but it is thought to have been a combination of Marc’s love for horses, Kandinsky’s fascination of riders and their combined favourite colour.
Unlike Die Bruke, Der Blaue Reiter was a less formal association.The group was made up of artists who all had an individual approach to art but shared a common interest in using their art to express spiritual truths. They had a common interest in
Expressionism is the name of the art style of artists who, with their work, express their own emotions to produce some form of art; this art then also produces an emotional response from within its viewers. There are many names of great Expressionist artists, Munch, Schmidt-Rottluff and Marc are just a few that with their art works made significant impacts on the Expressionist era; Whether it is for their individual works or for their contributions to collaborative groups. Individually The Scream, Self-Portrait with Monocle and Die grossen blauen Pferde (The Large Blue Horses) are all extremely interesting, thought producing and emotionally produced pieces of art that will forever be significant products of the Expressionist era. Whilst Die Brucke (the Bridge) and Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider) will forever be remembered as the only two major collaborative groups of the Expressionist