Tiger
Artist: Franz Marc (German, 1880-1916)
Date: 1912
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 1/2 x 13 7/8 in. (317 x 352mm);
Image: 7 7/8 x 9 1/2 in. (20 x 24.2 cm)
Medium: Woodcut on fibrous Japan paper
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1986.12
Label Text:
Vassily Kandinsky said of his friend, Franz Marc, “Sometimes I felt as if even nature herself was gratified to see him. Everything in nature attracted him, but above all the animals.” Marc, a student of art and of animal anatomy, was influenced profoundly by the back- to- nature movement in Germany. Seeking a joyous union with nature, Marc believed that depicting animals brought out all that was good in him. In this print, Marc demonstrates his belief in the unity of nature by the way he integrates the camouflaging success of the tiger’s stripes as they both blend with and emerge from the natural surroundings.
Vassily Kandinsky said of his friend, Franz Marc, “Sometimes I felt as if even nature herself was gratified to see him. Everything in nature attracted him, but above all the animals.” Marc, a student of art and of animal anatomy, was influenced profoundly by the back- to- nature movement in Germany. Seeking a joyous union with nature, Marc believed that depicting animals brought out all that was good in him. In this print, Marc demonstrates his belief in the unity of nature by the way he integrates the camouflaging success of the tiger’s stripes as they both blend with and emerge from the natural surroundings.
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