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Being
influenced by futurism and orphism, Marc's paintings
become more abstract in 1913 and, a year later,
are abstract color fantasies. At the outbreak
of the First World War, Marc registers as an
officer in the reserve. On September 26, his
close friend August Macke dies on the front.
He is deeply moved.
On 10 August 1915, he is awarded the Iron Cross
and promoted lieutenant. In February 1916, the
German Ministry for Intellectual and Educational
Affairs decides to give more artistic freedom
to artists within the military or to withdraw
them from the front. Maria Marc also gets a
message in this sense, but before Franz Marc
can profit from it, he falls in the battle for
Verdun, hit in the temple by a grenade splinter
on a reconnaissance ride - on a horse.
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