Marc - Pferde 2
This is one of a series of hand-painted postcards Marc
sent to his friends. This one went to writer Else Lasker-Schuler,
as did many others as she was a great friend of both he and
his wife Maria. Schuler treasured these postcards from her
romantic artist-friend, which is one reason they have
survived the years.
"The Blue Rider has fallen, a mighty, biblical figure about whom
there hung a fragrance of Eden. Across the landscape he
cast a blue shadow. He was the one who could still hear
the animals speak; and he transfigured their
uncomprehended souls."
--Else Lasker-Schuler's obituary to Franz Marc,
published in the Berliner Tageblatt (1916).
