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Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider) was a group of artists from the Neue
Künstlervereinigung München secessioning in Munich, Germany. Der Blaue
Reiter was a German movement lasting from 1911 to 1914, fundamental to
Expressionism, along with Die Brücke which was founded the previous decade
in 1905. Wassily Kandinsky, Franz Marc, August Macke, Alexej von Jawlensky,
Marianne von Werefkin, Lyonel Feininger, Albert Bloch and others founded
the group in response to the rejection of Kandinsky's painting Last
Judgement from an exhibition. Der Blaue Reiter lacked a central artistic
manifesto, but was centred around Kandinsky and Marc. Artists Gabriele
Münter and Paul Klee were also involved.
The name of the movement comes from a painting by Kandinsky created in
1903 (see illustration). It is also claimed that the name could have
derived from Marc's enthusiasm for horses and Kandinsky's love of the
colour blue. For Kandinsky, bl
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