Blaue Reiter

[blou-uh rahy-tuhr]

noun

German.

1. a group of artists active in Germany, especially in or near Munich, during the early 20th century, whose works were characterized by the use of Fauve color and forms distorted for structural or emotive purposes.

Blaue Reiter

/ ˈblauə ˈraitər /

noun

1. der a group of German expressionist painters formed in Munich in 1911, including Kandinsky and Klee, who sought to express the spiritual side of man and nature, which they felt had been neglected by impressionism

Word History and Origins

Origin of Blaue Reiter¹

C20: literally: blue rider, name adopted by Kandinsky and Marc because they liked the colour blue, horses, and riders

Example Sentences

This large oil, a prime example of the Munich avant-garde movement Der Blaue Reiter, was shown alongside the Pechstein in an anti-Nazi exhibition in London in 1938, the year after the notorious “Degenerate Art” show that targeted so many German modern artists.

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Both were members of the progressive Blaue Reiter group in Germany.

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In the years just before World War I, a group of artists active in Munich formed a group now known as “Der Blaue Reiter,” a group that, with brightly-hued paintings, began to loosen the relationship between painting and the real world.

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He would play records and demo tapes for us and others, explaining how musicians and groups come together then break up in the pursuit of creative goals, likening the process to the Die Brücke expressionists; the Beatles and John Lennon; Roxy Music and Brian Eno; Der Blaue Reiter group and Kandinsky.

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Guests can visit the galleries featuring Viennese work by Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele and Oskar Kokoschka alongside decorative arts, and fine art from German movements like the Bauhaus and the Blaue Reiter.

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