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Gabriele Münter
Gabriele Münter was a German expressionist painter who was at the forefront of the Munich avant-garde in the early 20th century. She studied and lived with the painter Wassily Kandinsky and was a founding member of the expressionist group Der Blaue Reiter.
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culture · German painter (1877–1962) · painter · draftsperson · printmaker · artist · art collector · photographer · also Gabriele Münter, Gabrielle Munter, Gabriel Münter, Gabriele Munter, Gabrielle Münter, Münter
Born 19 February 1877 · Died 19 May 1962 · Q463978
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That [her lessons with Kandinsky] was a new artistic experience; Kandinsky was quite unlike the other teachers, and explained things thoroughly and penetratingly and regarded me as a human being with conscious aspirations, capable of setting myself targets to aim for. It was new to me and impressed me.
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2026· 4 entries
Hyperallergic: It’s Gabriele Münter’s World, We’re Just Living in It
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Observer: At the Guggenheim, Gabriele Münter Takes her Place
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Wall Street Journal: At the Guggenheim, Gabriele Münter and Her Vibrant Milieu
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2025· 3 entries
Artnet: German Expressionist Gabriele Münter Finally Gets Her Moment in the Spotlight
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CounterPunch: Gabriele Münter: The Yellow House of the Blue Amazon
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The exhibition Gabriele Münter: Painting to the Point was presented at the Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris
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2022· 1 entry
Wall Street Journal: ‘Gabriele Münter—Pioneer of Modern Art’ Review: Portrait of an Overlooked Painter
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1962· 3 entries
Died 1962-05-19.
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“That [her lessons with Kandinsky] was a new artistic experience; Kandinsky was quite unlike the other teachers, and explained things thoroughly and penetratingly and regarded me as a human being with conscious aspirations, capable of setting myself targets to aim for. It was new to me and impressed me.”
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“..the rejection of impressionistic copies of nature and a move towards sensing the content, abstraction, – expressing the extract..”
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1956· 1 entry
Münter received a few awards such as the Culture Prize from the City of Munich
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1950· 1 entry
Career landmark: Participated in Venice Biennale (tournament / event).
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1917· 1 entry
To Nina Andreevskaya marked the end of Münter and Kandinsky's relationship
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1914· 1 entry
Kandinsky returned to Russia without her and their relationship worsened due to mutual tensions and disappointments over his lack of commitment to marriage
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1911· 1 entry
Münter, Kandinsky, and Franz Marc founded the reformist organization Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider)
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1909· 1 entry
Münter purchased a house with garden in Murnau am Staffelsee on the edge of the Bavarian Alps
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1901· 2 entries
“As I came to Munich in 1901 it was in a period of great artistic renewal. Jugendstil began in its way to attack the old naturalism and to cultivate the qualities of pure line.”
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Attended the beginners' classes of Maximilian Dasio at the Damenakademie (Women's Academy) of the Münchener Künstlerinnenverein (Munich Women Artists's Association)
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1898· 1 entry
Decided to take a trip to the United States with her sister to visit her extended family
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1897· 1 entry
At the age of twenty, she received artistic training in the Düsseldorf studio of artist Ernst Bosch and later at the Damenschule (Women's School) with artist Willy Spatz
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1886· 1 entry
Her mother arranged for her to receive formal drawing lessons through her school in Koblenz
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1884· 1 entry
When she was seven years old, the family settled in Koblenz
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1877· 1 entry
Born 1877-02-19.
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