His friend Paul Klee was shattered at the news of his death which occurred just before Klee's own induction into the German Army. Marc's mystical animals, see below, are striking in color and highly symbolic. He was a leader of the Blaue Reiter group, an assemblage of German Expressionists including Klee, Kandinsky and Macke in the Munich area. They combined intellectualism and romanticism with brilliant coloration in a unique style. |