Horses Resting (Ruhende Pferde)

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.

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