- published: 21 May 2016
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Franz Marc (February 8, 1880 – March 4, 1916) was a German painter and printmaker, one of the key figures of the German Expressionist movement. He was a founding member of Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider), a journal whose name later became synonymous with the circle of artists collaborating in it.
Franz Marc was born in 1880 in Munich, then the capital of the Kingdom of Bavaria. His father Wilhelm Marc was a professional landscape painter; his mother Sophie was a homemaker and strict Calvinist. mm
In 1900 Marc began to study at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, where his teachers included Gabriel von Hackl and Wilhelm von Diez. In 1903 and 1907, he spent time in France, particularly in Paris, visiting the city's museums and copying many paintings, a traditional way for artists to study and develop technique. In Paris, Marc frequented artistic circles, meeting numerous artists and the actress Sarah Bernhardt. He discovered a strong affinity for the work of painter Vincent van Gogh.
Actors: Lena Stolze (actress), Helma Sanders-Brahms (editor), Monika Schindler (editor), Helma Sanders-Brahms (writer), Helma Sanders-Brahms (producer), Helma Sanders-Brahms (director), Cornelius Obonya (actor), Christhart Burgmann (producer), Ute Casper (producer), Bruno Dunst (actor), Saskia Richter (costume designer), Anna Sanders (actress), Peter Kowald (composer), Rene Schubert (actor), Eckard Koltermann (composer),
Plot: The life of Jewish Expressionist poet and performance artist, Else Lasker-Schüler (1869-1945), told chronologically in vignettes given context by archival footage of turn-of-the-century Germany, World War I, and the ascent of the Third Reich. Her poetry often comprises the soundtrack. We see her in relation to men: her first husband, whom she leaves after her son is born; artists like Chagall and Franz Marc; an older muse and then a second husband; and, Gottfried Benn (1886 - 1956), physician and poet. Benn's life is also chronicled: homosexual encounters, his attraction to Else and the Berlin scene, and his politics. Her poems addressed to him define this cultural moment.
Keywords: anti-semitism, army-officer, art-exhibit, artist, assault, blood, brown-shirt, cafe-society, childhood, death-of-a-child