Maria Marc

German artist

Not to be confused with actress and drama teacher Maria Franck.

Maria Marc

Mädchenkopf (Bildnis Maria Franck)
by Franz Marc, 1906

Born|

Bertha Pauline Marie Franck

(1876-06-12)12 June 1876

Berlin, Germany

Died| 25 January 1955(1955-01-25) (aged 78)

Ried, Bavaria, Germany

Known for| Painting, textiles
Spouse|

Franz Marc

(m. 1913; died in 1916)​

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]

## Biography

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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

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1. ^ "Maria Marc". AskArt. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
2. ^ a b "Maria Marc (1877-1955)". RKD (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 May 2021.
3. ^ a b "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.

## External links

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* images of Marc's work in MoMA's German Expressionist collection

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Franz Marc

List of works

Paintings|

* Hut in Dachau Moors (1902)
* Indersdorf (1904)
* Two Women on the Hillside (1906)
* Horses in Landscape (1911)
* Blue Horse I (1911)
* Blue Horses (1911)
* Fox (1911)
* Yellow Cow (1911)
* Little Blue Horse (1912)
* Fate of the Animals (1913)
* The Tower of Blue Horses (1913)
* The Foxes (1913)

Museums|

* Franz Marc Museum

Related|

* Marie Schnür (first wife)
* Maria Marc (second wife)
* Der Blaue Reiter

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
* VIAF
* FAST
* WorldCat

National|

* Germany
* United States
* France
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* BnF data
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* Czech Republic
* Norway
* Israel

Artists|

* ULAN
* RKD Artists

People|

* Deutsche Biographie
* DDB

Other|

* IdRef
* RISM

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