Leaping Horses, Composition Sketch
1910
Franz Marc was absolutely obsessed with animals, believing they possessed a pure innocence that humans had long lost. This energetic sketch, a compositional study from 1910, captures horses in mid-leap with wild, swirling lines that practically vibrate off the page. It offers a perfect glimpse into the mind of a German Expressionist artist who saw the spiritual essence of nature long before he painted his famous blue horses. You can almost feel the wind and the raw power of the animals as they bound across the paper, showing how Marc built his masterpieces from the ground up.
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