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The Blue Rider
(Der Blaue Reiter)

Sound abstraction and other methods of The Blue Rider Group: Wassily Kandinsky, Franz Marc, Paul Klee, and Gabriele Münter.

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What will you do?

1. Technique

Line, shape, form, and layering.

2. Theory

Synesthesia, Chromesthesia, and other color theories.

2. Methodology

Learn Kandinsky's abstraction methods of sound & music and "inner necessity."  Then develop your own.

3. Concept

Practice compositions through automatism drawing exercises.
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4. Create

Compose your abstraction with acrylic paint and/or pastels.

5. Exhibition

View Guggenheim Museum’s Collection in Focus exhibition, featuring works by Blue Rider artists Wassily Kandinsky, Franz Marc, Paul Klee, and Gabriele Münter. Guggenheim Collection in Focus

The Blue Rider
(Der Blaue Reiter)

The Blue Rider Group (1911-14) was founded by Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc in Munich, Germany.
Wassily Kandinsky
Franz Marc
Paul Klee
Gabriele Münter
August Macke
Albert Bloch
Marianne von Werefkin
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