As a child, I devoted much of my leisure to drawing sketches of relatives and friends, familiar sights and scenes, a view that suddenly moved me or a… - Gabriele Münter
" "As a child, I devoted much of my leisure to drawing sketches of relatives and friends, familiar sights and scenes, a view that suddenly moved me or appealed to me. I always concentrated on depicting nature as I saw or felt it, in terms of lines, and obtaining a kind of psychological likeness which would convey the personality of my model or the mood of the moment.
About Gabriele Münter
Gabriele Münter (19 February 1877 – 19 May 1962) was a German expressionist painter who participated in the Munich artist-group Der Blaue Reiter in the early 20th century. She lived and worked in Murnau with Kandinsky till his forced depart in 1914. She continued painting in her colorful figurative style, mainly the landscapes around Murnau.
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