Maria Marc

Maria Marc, née Bertha Pauline Marie Franck (12 June 1876 - 25 January 1955), was a German artist. She is also known as the wife of the painter Franz Marc.[1]

Maria Marc
Mädchenkopf (Bildnis Maria Franck)
by Franz Marc, 1906
Born
Bertha Pauline Marie Franck

(1876-06-12)12 June 1876
Berlin, Germany
Died25 January 1955(1955-01-25) (aged 78)
Ried, Bavaria, Germany
Known forPainting, textiles
Spouse
Franz Marc
(m. 1913; died in 1916)

Biography

She was born on 12 June 1876 in Berlin, Germany. She attended the Unterrichtanstalt des Kunstgewerbemuseum, the Königliche Akademie der Künste (Royal Academy of Arts,Berlin), and the Damen-Akademie des Künstlerinnen-Vereins (Ladies Academy of the Artists' Association, Munich).[2] She met the artist Franz Marc in 1905, marrying him in 1913.[3][4] Her work was included in the first exhibition of the Blauer Reiter group. After Franz Marc's death she studied textile art at the Bauhaus.[3]

Maria Marc died on 25 January 1955 in Ried, Bavaria.[2] Her work is in MoMA's German Expressionist collection.[5]

References

  1. "Maria Marc". AskArt. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  2. "Maria Marc (1877-1955)". RKD (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  3. "Maria Marc". Frauendatenbank (in German). Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  4. Baumgartner, Michael (2010). Franz Marc - Paul Klee Dialog in Bildern ; [Franz-Marc-Museum vom 27. Juni bis 03. Oktober 2010 ; Stiftung Moritzburg vom 24. Oktober bis 09. Januar 2011 ; Zentrum Paul Klee vom 28. Januar bis 01. Mai 2011]. Wädenswil. p. 201. ISBN 978-3-907142-50-9.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. "Maria Marc (German, 1876–1955)". MoMA. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
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