Gabriele Münter
(German, 1877–1962)
Biography
Gabriele Münter was a German Expressionist painter best known for her poetic stylization of landscapes, self-portraits, and domestic interiors. Rendered in rich colors, simplified forms, and bold lines, Münter’s work Breakfast of the Birds (1934), conveys a quietly intense atmosphere of solitude and reflection. “After a short period of agony, I took a great leap forward from copying nature, in a more or less Impressionist style, to feeling the content of things,” she once reflected. Born on February 19, 1877 in Munich, Germany, she studied at the city’s progressive Phalanx School, under the famed Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky. Kandinksy later became her lover, and often appeared in her paintings, including the hallmark work Boating (1910). In 1911, Münter, Kandinsky, Alexej von Jawlenksy, and Franz Marc founded the Expressionist group Der Blaue Reiter. Their group championed the connection between visual art and music, the work of Henri Rousseau, spiritually-based color theory, and Bavarian folk art. Despite the end of her relationship with Kandinsky, Münter’s work continued to evolve throughout the following decades. She died on May 19, 1962 in Murnau am Staffelsee, Germany. Today, the artist’s works are held in the collections of the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C., the Milwaukee Art Museum, the Lenbach House in Munich, and The Museum of Modern Art in New York, among others.
Gabriele Münter Artworks
.jpg "Blatt mit zwei Blau (b), 1955")
.jpg "TOPFPFLANZE (POT PLANT)")
.jpg "Blumenstillleben (Strauß mit zwei Sträußchen), 1954")
Gabriele Münter
Blumenstillleben (Strauß mit zwei Sträußchen), 1954
Sale Date: June 11, 2016
Auction Closed
.jpg "Rapallo (Hütte in Bergen), 1905–1906")
.jpg "Am Hügel (Staffelsee), 1908")
-(view-from-the-balcony-of-bonn.jpg "BLICK VOM BALKON DES BONNER HAUSES (VON..., 1911")
Gabriele Münter
BLICK VOM BALKON DES BONNER HAUSES (VON..., 1911
Sale Date: May 10, 2016
Auction Closed
.jpg "STRASSE NACH BELLE-VUE (STREET TO BELLE-VUE)")
Gabriele Münter
STRASSE NACH BELLE-VUE (STREET TO BELLE-VUE)
Sale Date: February 4, 2016
Auction Closed
.jpg "Blumenstillleben (Sommerblumen im Krug), 1942")
Gabriele Münter
Blumenstillleben (Sommerblumen im Krug), 1942
Sale Date: December 5, 2015
Auction Closed
.jpg "Blumenstillleben (Strauß von Dr. Beaucamps), 1955")
Gabriele Münter
Blumenstillleben (Strauß von Dr. Beaucamps), 1955
Sale Date: December 5, 2015
Auction Closed
Gabriele Münter
Blumenstillleben mit Mohn und Lupinen, 1955
Sale Date: December 5, 2015
Auction Closed
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