August Macke Paintings
Famous Artists · Expressionism · Der Blaue Reiter
August Macke
3 January 1887, Meschede — 26 September 1914, Perthes-lès-Hurlus
Sunlit promenades, hat shops and garden paths — Macke caught modern life in pure, glowing colour. Every painting below is 100% hand-painted in oils on canvas, from $299 with free delivery Australia-wide.
About Macke & our reproductions
The life
August Macke enjoyed rare financial security, leaving him free to study and travel, and he gained the patronage of his wife's uncle, Bernhard Koehler, in return for advising him on his art collection. He first saw Impressionist paintings in Paris in 1907; then, in Munich in 1909, he met Kandinsky and Marc, co-founders of the Expressionist group Der Blaue Reiter — the Blue Rider.
Within a few years, through frequent travel and personal contacts, Macke had encountered every major modern art movement, yet he took his own independent line: bright colour laid in broad, outlined areas. Six months after a luminous painting trip to Tunisia, he was killed in action in the first weeks of the First World War, aged just twenty-seven.
Our reproductions
Every Macke reproduction at Direct Art Australia is 100% hand-painted in oils on artist canvas by professional artists — never a print. Our painters mix his radiant colour harmonies and lay them in broad, clean-edged areas that keep their quiet glow. You approve photographs of your painting before it ships, and delivery is free Australia-wide.
Can’t find the Macke work you’re after? We can hand-paint any of his works on request — just ask for a quote.
