Small Ibex
1913
Franz Marc believed animals held a spiritual innocence that humans had long lost, and this delicate 1913 sketch of a young ibex (Kleiner Steinbock) proves just how deeply he felt that connection. As a key figure in the Expressionist movement and co-founder of Der Blaue Reiter, Marc didn't just want to paint animals; he wanted to capture their inner soul. Here, using swift, sweeping lines, he outlines the creature's dramatic, curved horns and hunched back without getting bogged down in realistic details. It’s a fleeting, almost fragile study created just before the outbreak of World War I, a conflict that would tragically claim the artist's life a few years later.
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