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
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(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

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