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People by the Blue Lake, August Macke
People by the Blue Lake, 1913

August Macke

1887–1914 · The Blue Rider · 1 work

August Macke was born in 1887 and grew up in Cologne and Bonn. He helped Kandinsky and Marc prepare their almanac in 1911 and took part in the Blue Rider’s touring exhibition. His friendship with Robert Delaunay shaped his later work. Called up when the war began, he was killed in Champagne on 26 September 1914, aged 27.

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Artist information: August Macke Haus, Bonn, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin.

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