1994 August Macke Poster, In Front of the Hat Shop, Hatteforretning 1914, Der Blaue Reiter, Expressionism gallery exhibition, wall art decor

1994 August Macke Poster, In Front of the Hat Shop, Hatteforretning 1914, Der Blaue Reiter, Expressionism gallery exhibition, wall art decor

This original August Macke exhibition poster is from the Louisiana in Copenhagen, Denmark, for an exhibition in 1994 featuring "From Van Gogh to Gerhard Richter" important works from the Folkwang Museum in Essen. This poster shows "In front of the Hat Shop" or Hatteforretning from 1914. An elegant lady with parasol looks through a shop window to a number of brightly coloured hats in the early 20th century.
Dimensions: 39.5 in x 23.5 in (100 cm x 60 cm)

August Macke was a German Expressionist painter. He was one of the leading members of the German Expressionist group Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider). He lived during a particularly active time for German art: he saw the development of the main German Expressionist movements as well as the arrival of the successive avant-garde movements which were forming in the rest of Europe. As an artist of his time, Macke knew how to integrate into his painting the elements of the avant-garde which most interested him. Like his friend Franz Marc and Otto Soltau, he was one of the young German artists who died in the First World War.
The Blue Rider was a designation by Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc for their exhibition and publication activities, in which both artists acted as sole editors in the almanac of the same name, first published in mid-May 1912. The editorial team organized two exhibitions in Munich in 1911 and 1912 to demonstrate their art-theoretical ideas based on the works of art exhibited. Traveling exhibitions in German and other European cities followed. The Blue Rider disbanded at the start of World War I in 1914.

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