Woman with Umbrella (Translation)
Dim mit Schirm (Primary Title)
August Macke, German, 1887 - 1914 (Artist)
Macke was a member of Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider), a group of German Expressionists led by Wassily Kandinsky who embraced what they believed to be art’s potential for revealing spiritual truths. Like the artists in Die Brücke, Blaue Reiter artists maintained a dialogue with French artists. In both of these works, Macke employs Cubist technique of faceting the image into multiple planes. He also uses prismatic hues that suggest his familiarity with color studies by Parisian Robert Delaunay, whose studio he visited in 1912.
The Ludwig and Rosy Fischer Collection, Gift of the Estate of Anne R. Fischer and Adolph D. and Wilkins C. WIlliams Fund
Expressionismus und Exil: Die Sammlung Ludwig und Rosy Fischer, Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt: Jewish Museum, Aug. 29 - Oct. 28, 1990, no. 19, LS 246.
German Expressionist Art: Selections from the Ludwig and Rosy Fischer Collection, Richmond: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Jan. 13 - Mar. 8, 1987, no. 154.
German Expressionist Art: Selections from the Ludwig and Rosy Fischer Collection, Richmond: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Jan. 13 - Mar. 8, 1987, no. 154.
By 1922, Ludwig Fischer [1860-1922] and Rosy Fischer [1869-1926], Frankfurt am Main, Germany; [1] By 1926, Ernst Fischer [1896-1981] and Anne Fischer [1902-2008], Frankfurt am Main, Germany, by inheritance; [2] May 2009, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA), Richmond, by bequest of Anne R. Fischer, 2009. [3]
[1] Ludwig and Rosy Fischer were art collectors in Frankfurt, Germany, who primarily collected contemporary German art between 1905 and 1925 at their home on Mendelssohnstrasse 73, Frankfurt am Main. Ludwig Fischer died on April 25, 1922.
Rosy died on February 27, 1926, while traveling in North Africa. (See Brandt, Fredrick R. German Expressionist Art: Ludwig and Rosy Fischer Collection, Richmond, Virginia: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1987, pp. 1 - 11).
[2] In 1926, the Fischer collection was divided equally between Ludwig and Rosy Fischer's sons, Max Fischer (1893-1954) and Ernst Fischer (1896 – 1981). In 1934, Ernst and Anne Fischer fled Germany to the United States with their part of the collection, first to Rochester, New York and then settled in Richmond, Virginia in 1935. (See Brandt, 1987, pp. 1 -11.)
[3] Information in VMFA Curatorial and Registration files.
[1] Ludwig and Rosy Fischer were art collectors in Frankfurt, Germany, who primarily collected contemporary German art between 1905 and 1925 at their home on Mendelssohnstrasse 73, Frankfurt am Main. Ludwig Fischer died on April 25, 1922.
Rosy died on February 27, 1926, while traveling in North Africa. (See Brandt, Fredrick R. German Expressionist Art: Ludwig and Rosy Fischer Collection, Richmond, Virginia: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1987, pp. 1 - 11).
[2] In 1926, the Fischer collection was divided equally between Ludwig and Rosy Fischer's sons, Max Fischer (1893-1954) and Ernst Fischer (1896 – 1981). In 1934, Ernst and Anne Fischer fled Germany to the United States with their part of the collection, first to Rochester, New York and then settled in Richmond, Virginia in 1935. (See Brandt, 1987, pp. 1 -11.)
[3] Information in VMFA Curatorial and Registration files.
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