Franz MARC

1880–1916, Germany/Austria

Also known as: M

Signature proven counterfeit

Details

Police Authority Stockholm City

Verdict of guilty K213512-03

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Oil on canvas, signed with monogram on the reverse "M", 33x41 cm. Ostensibly depicting a genuine painting by Franz Marc. The painting has been seized by police and after examination been assessed as a forgery.

Signature considered genuine

Name Franz MARC

Birth 1880, Germany

Died 1916, Austria

English

Franz Marc was born in Munich, Germany in 1880. His father was a successful Munich landscape and genre artist who influenced him strongly. Marc studied at the Munich Academy. He left there for Paris, then went home full of the doings of the Fauves and Cubists. In 1911 he joined with Klee and Kandinsky to found a group called the Blue Rider (Blaue Reiter).

Source: Internet

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