FRANZ MARC - The Retrospective

Sep 29, 2026

Comprehensive retrospective catalogue on Franz Marc, edited by Annegret Hoberg and Helmut Friedel with scholarly contributions from Barbara Eschenburg and Isabelle Jansen. Presents essays covering Marc’s life and work, his animals in worldview and pictures, exotic motifs, and thematic approaches to an “unspoilt world.” The works section organizes paintings, works on paper, sketchbook materials, postcards, reverse-glass works, and includes biography, list of works, bibliography, and exhibition lenders. Emphasizes loans, chronology, correlations, and newly revealed relationships across media.

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FRANZ MARC THE RETROSPECTIVE

Foreword

Franz Marc: Aspects of his Life and Work

Animals in Franz Marc's World View and Pictures

The Yearning of an Unspoilt World - Exotic Motifs in the Art of Franz Marc

The Works

Paintings

Works on Paper

Marc's Sketchbook from the Field

Postcards

Reverse-glass Painting-Handicrafts-Sculpture

Biography

List of Works

Bibliography

Lenders to the Exhibition

FRANZ MARC PRESTEL Prestel https://archive.org/details/franzmarcretrosp0000marc # FRANZ MARCTHE RETROSPECTIVE Edited by Annegret Hoberg Helmut Friedel With contributions by Barbara Eschenburg Annegret Hoberg Isabelle Jansen Stadtische Galerieim Lenbachhausand Kunstbau,Munich Prestel Munich·Berlin·London·New York Foreword 6 Annegret Hoberg Franz Marc:Aspects of his Life and Work 9 Barbara Eschenburg Animals in Franz Marc's World View and Pictures 51 Isabelle Jansen The Yearning of an Unspoilt World Exotic Motifs in the Art of Franz Marc 73 THE WORKS Paintings 94 Works on Paper 184 Marc's Sketchbook from the Field 288 Postcards 292 Reverse-glass Painting-Handicrafts-Sculpture 300 Biography 309 List of Works 320 Bibliography 330 Lenders to the Exhibition 335 On the occasion of the 125th anniversary of Franz Marc's birth in 2005 and the90th anniversary of his death in 2006,the Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhausis putting on the most comprehensive exhibition to date of the work of this out-standing,charismatic Blaue Reiter artist and important representative of GermanExpressionism.In this respect,the present retrospective even surpasses the legend-ary memorial exhibition held in Munich in 1916 and,at the same time,followson from the last Franz Marc retrospective in 1980,likewise at the Lenbachhaus.Because of the very fortunate situation with regard to loans,our exhibition bringstogether nearly one hundred paintings,constituting roughly half of Marc's sur-viving painted oeuvre,plus a wealth of outstanding works on paper.This makesit possible to gain an overview of Marc's work that is both comprehensive andtransparent. Transparency was also one of the key considerations in finalizing thesequence of the extensive plate section and in writing the commentaries on them,together with establishing a precise chronology and the revelation of new cor-relations.A dense weave of relationships between the works becomes apparent,for example between the paintings,sketchbook drawings and painted postcards,some of which have never been accessible before to the general public. The catalogue essays set themselves the task of covering new aspects onthe subject while at the same time maintaining a suitable distance to the artist'swork,which has not been done in many previous publications on the subject,which are marked by a certain pathos of Marc veneration.Marc himself left pos-terity a wealth of art-theoretical writings,not least in his celebrated 100 Aphorismsand Letters from the Field.In these,he formulated his lofty spiritual ambitionsand his notions on the cleansing and purification of art,transcendence and meta-physics that he put into practice,particularly in his mature animal paintings.Thesefundamental writings have not only been exhaustively interpreted in the litera-ture on Marc,but also often only copiously quoted.For this reason,the commentsMarc made about his art are not the focal point of the texts in this publication. The first article takes a closer look at Marc's hitherto almost unknown earlywork and his relationship with the paintings of the Rome-based German artists,

FAQs

What is the publication’s main purpose?

It provides a comprehensive overview of Franz Marc’s work through a retrospective structure, essays, and carefully arranged presentations of artworks.

Which editors and contributors are credited?

The catalogue is edited by Annegret Hoberg and Helmut Friedel, with contributions from Barbara Eschenburg and Isabelle Jansen.

How are the artworks and supporting materials organized?

The works are grouped into sections such as paintings, works on paper, Marc’s field sketchbook, postcards, reverse-glass works, and related categories, followed by biography, list of works, bibliography, and exhibition lenders.

Sep 29, 2026

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