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People by a Blue Lake August Macke, 1913
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People by a Blue Lake

August Macke · 1913

Why it's great

Two people in dark clothes stand by a blue lake and a pink and green shore, in a scene of calm Sunday strolling painted by August Macke in 1913.

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About the artist

August Macke

1887–1914 · born in Meschede · died in Souain-Perthes-lès-Hurlus

August Macke was a German painter born in Meschede in 1887. He lived in Bonn and Munich and was a member of the Blue Rider group, painting happy scenes of parks and shop windows in bright colors. He was killed in World War I in France in 1914 at the age of 27.

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