Generative Art Timeline · Chapter 2: Modern Era (1850–1949)
1911
Der Blaue Reiter Exhibition
The radical and provocative first exhibition of the Blue Rider Group, founded by Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc, was a significant development in the abstraction of art. Influenced by Fauvism especially, the works emphasized color, form and spirituality over artistic tradition.
Text by Peter Bauman. Generative Art Timeline, Le Random, fact-checked September 2026.
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Blue Rider
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- Ideas
- abstraction, color, Fauvism, spirituality
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- Franz Marc, Wassily Kandinsky
- Organisations
- Blue Rider, Der Blaue Reiter
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