Blue Horse I

E69929

Expressionist painting painting

Blue Horse I is a famous 1911 Expressionist painting by Franz Marc, depicting a stylized blue horse that has become an iconic symbol of German Expressionism.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Blaues Pferd I (German)	1
Blue Horse I (English)	1
The Large Blue Horses	1

Statements (40)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Expressionist painting ⓘ painting ⓘ
artForm	easel painting ⓘ
artistBirthName	Franz Marc ⓘ surface form: Franz Moritz Wilhelm Marc
artisticSubject	stylized animal ⓘ
artistNationality	German ⓘ
associatedWith	Der Blaue Reiter ⓘ surface form: Der Blaue Reiter movement Munich art scene ⓘ
colorSymbolism	spirituality ⓘ transcendence ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Germany ⓘ
creator	Franz Marc ⓘ
depictionStyle	non-naturalistic color ⓘ stylized ⓘ
depicts	blue horse ⓘ horse ⓘ
genre	animal painting ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance	iconic symbol of German Expressionism ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn	modern German art ⓘ visual identity of Franz Marc ⓘ
hasSubjectMatter	animal symbolism ⓘ horse in landscape ⓘ
hasTitleInLanguage	Blue Horse I self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Blaues Pferd I (German) Blue Horse I self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Blue Horse I (English)
iconicFor	Expressionism ⓘ surface form: German Expressionism
inception	1911 ⓘ
languageOfTitle	German ⓘ
mainColor	blue ⓘ
medium	oil paint ⓘ
movement	Expressionism ⓘ surface form: German Expressionism
notableWorkOf	Franz Marc ⓘ
partOf	German Expressionist art ⓘ
period	early 20th century art ⓘ
relatedMovement	avant-garde art ⓘ
relatedWorkByArtist	Blue Horse II ⓘ The Large Blue Horses ⓘ
significantPeriodInArtistCareer	early 1910s ⓘ
style	Expressionism ⓘ
support	canvas ⓘ
usesMotif	blue animal symbolism ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Blue Horse I → hasTitleInLanguage → Blue Horse I self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Blaues Pferd I (German)

Blue Horse I → hasTitleInLanguage → Blue Horse I self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Blue Horse I (English)

Expressionism → notableWork → Blue Horse I ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Large Blue Horses

Franz Marc → notableWork → Blue Horse I ⓘ