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August Macke (1887-1914)
August Macke was born in Meschede, Germany, and during his childhood he spent time in Basle where he came into contact with the work of Böcklin. He was taught by Corinth, and traveled widely throughout Europe. He married the beautiful Elisabeth Gerhardt in 1909.He met Franz Marc in 1910 in Munich, and with him established the Blaue Reiter the following year. In 1912 they both journeyed to Paris, where they discovered Cubism and the work of Delaunay.
In 1914 he visited North Africa with Paul Klee. He was killed in battle, at the age of 27, that same year.
His early Impressionist style developed into a use of strong, sunlit color applied in painterly facets of light. His preferred subject matter remained urban scenes of shopping and leisure. His North African work had a more structured appearance, and in 1913 he experimented with pure abstraction and also produced many watercolors.