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by August Macke
August Macke created the portrait of Dr. Ludwig Deubner in 1903, capturing the subject absorbed in writing. The work shows Macke's early development before he became one of the leading figures of German Expressionism and a founder of Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider) group.
Macke's vitality and love for life led him to experiment constantly, developing a personal variant of Cubism based on his special relationship with color. Unlike the more theoretical Kandinsky and Marc, he preferred simple, everyday scenes. This early portrait demonstrates his gift for observing human activity with warmth and directness.
It currently hangs in a private collection. Macke's career was tragically brief. He was killed in September 1914 at age twenty-seven during the First World War, just two months after its outbreak. His work remains among the most beloved of the German Expressionist movement.
Other masterpieces from the Expressionism movement

Edvard Munch, 1886
National Gallery of Norway, Oslo

Edvard Munch, 1894
Munch Museum, Oslo

Edvard Munch, 1893
National Gallery of Norway, Oslo

Edvard Munch, 1894
Munch Museum, Oslo

Pablo Picasso, 1937
Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid

Franz Marc, 1911
Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis

Franz Marc, 1913
Alte Pinakothek, Munich

Amedeo Modigliani, 1917
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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