Macke’s art is distinguished by its luminous colour palette, rhythmic compositions and a harmonious balance between figuration and abstraction. Everyday scenes — families walking in parks, women browsing shop windows, figures at lakesides — are rendered with a serenity that belies the rapid transformations of the age. Influences from Robert Delaunay’s Orphism encouraged his use of fractured planes and prismatic colour, yet Macke retained a lyrical sensibility, favouring clarity and equilibrium over radical dissonance.
In 1914, a trip to Tunisia with Paul Klee and Louis Moilliet deepened his engagement with light and colour, resulting in some of his most radiant works. Only months later, Macke was killed in action at the Western Front during the First World War, aged just 27. Despite his short life, his paintings remain enduring expressions of optimism, intimacy and the transformative power of colour.
August Macke (1887-1914)
Im Bazar
August Macke (1887-1914)
Badende Frauen (recto); Pierrot mit Tänzerpaar (verso)
August Macke (1887-1914)
Spaziergänger (Anlage mit Modegeschäft und Spaziergängern)
August Macke (1887-1914)
In der Tempelhalle
August Macke (1887-1914)
Schlafende Reiter
August Macke (1887-1914)
Lesende Frau
August Macke (1887-1914)
Segelboot am Morgen
AUGUST MACKE (1887-1914)
Auf dem Friedhof von Thun
August Macke (1887-1914)
Schreibende Frau
AUGUST MACKE (1887-1914)
Paar im Nachen
August Macke (1887-1914)
Reiter im Wald
August Macke (1887-1914)
Frühlingslandschaft in Tegernsee
AUGUST MACKE (1887-1914)
Farbige Formen III
August Macke (1887-1914)
Gartencafé
AUGUST MACKE (1887-1914)
Zwei Mädchen (orientalischer Entwurf)
August Macke (1887-1914)
Grosser Akt auf rotem Tuch
AUGUST MACKE (1887-1914)
Schlucht in Tegernsee
AUGUST MACKE (1887-1914)
Porträtstudie Sofie Gerhardt
August Macke (1887-1914)
Stelldichein im Walde
August Macke (1887-1914)
Blumen in weisser Vase II
AUGUST MACKE (1887-1914)
Stilleben mit Pfeife und Äpfeln
August Macke (1887-1914)
Abstraktes Muster I
August Macke (1887-1914)
Blumentöpfe
August Mäcke (1887-1914)
Fünf Mädchen an der Altane
Helmuth Macke (1891-1936)
Porträt von Heinrich Campendonk
August Macke (1887-1914)
Weiblicher Akt Nr.2
August Macke (1887-1914)
Akte I: Zwei Mädchen umschlungen
AUGUST MACKE (1887-1914)
Krug, Pfeife, Buch und Apfel
AUGUST MACKE (1887-1914)
Angler am Fluss
AUGUST MACKE (1887-1914)
Nackte Mädchen in der Barke