Deer in the Forest II
1914 · Oil on canvas · Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
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About this work
- Artist
- Franz Marc (1880–1916)
- Year
- 1914
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 110.5 × 100.5 cm
- Collection
- Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
- Movement
- Expressionism
A doe in dark red lies at the lower left with a pale yellow fawn beside her and a blue stag above, the three heads set in a triangle as if they were looking at one another; around them the forest is cut into a crystalline lattice of diagonals, verticals and arcs in green, blue, red and yellow, with a pale green disc like a moon. The animals and the trees interpenetrate, so the deer seem almost transparent. Marc painted it in 1914, one of his last oil paintings, at a time when he had moved close to pure abstraction but here returned to the animal subject. The prismatic colour, limited largely to the primaries and their mixtures, shows the influence of Robert Delaunay's Orphism. It is in the Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe.
This print reproduces the whole work, uncropped, from a high-resolution scan of the original. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
A red doe, yellow fawn and blue stag inside a crystalline green and blue forest, for a bedroom, child's room or living room at 24×36 in natural wood. A forest green, cream or soft white wall; it pairs with Deer in the Forest I.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Expressionism painting
- Era
- 20th century (1914)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- dark green
- Mood
- classic, sophisticated
- Rooms
- living room, bedroom, kids room, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 24×36. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.
Framing. The gallery ground is part of the print, so frame it without a mat — natural wood flatters the lighter palette; black sharpens it.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
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About this design
The Madten promise
An exhibition poster
The same artwork as a gallery exhibition poster — title, artist & date typeset beneath the image on a soft ground.
