Weasels at Play

1911 · Painting

Can I see it?

Yes, on view now

Where is “Weasels at Play” now? National Gallery of Art, Gallery 217A · East Building, Mezzanine, Washington, D.C. Yes, on view now. Checked September 29, 2026.

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Room217A · East Building, Mezzanine

Closed· opens tomorrow at 10:00 AM

On public display.

Checked: 12 days ago
In this state since: Aug 19, 2026
Source: The museum

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Details

Accession number: 2020.112.2

What it shows

Mammal Weasel

In the catalog

Paintings Oil German painting Modernism 20th century German German Expressionist

Sources

National Gallery of Art
Image: National Gallery of Art — Museum open access

In the life of Franz Marc

The whole life

1910
The second NKVM exhibition at the Thannhauser Galleries
Marc shows works at the second exhibition of the Neue Künstlervereinigung at the Thannhauser Galleries in Munich.
January 1910
Meeting August Macke
In January 1910 Marc meets August Macke for the first time; the meeting grows into an important friendship.
winter 1910 – 1911
Winter 1910–11: the turn to his mature manner
In the view of the writer Morgan Meis, Marc became an artist this very winter: out of earlier confusion comes a unified vision, his animals emerge pure and true from the canvas, and colour becomes the main thing.
December 1911
Leaving the NKVM and founding Der Blaue Reiter
In December 1911 Marc, together with Macke and Kandinsky, breaks away from the Neue Künstlervereinigung and organises his own group, Der Blaue Reiter; he is also credited with founding the journal that became the centre of the circle.
December 1911 – January 1912
The first Blue Rider exhibition
Several of Marc's works are shown at the first Blue Rider exhibition at the Thannhauser Galleries in Munich, which has been called the apex of German Expressionism.
1913
Married: Maria Marc