Subjective Influenced by Cubism, Impressionism, Expressionism and Futurism. Was interested in art based on a wide spectrum of colour that expressed profound emotional and spiritual states and feelings. Suffered from episodes of severe depression that impacted on his artwork in a big way. Much of experimentations were motivated by a desire to have his own personal style. Believed every person has an "inner world" and an "outer world" and that art can bring these worlds …showed first 75 words of 403 total…

…showed last 75 words of 403 total…unfathomable. Compositions of forms and colour are not recognizable or related to visible realist, but still prompt a certain emotional response from the viewer. Post-Modern While members of Der Blaue Reiter group were educated at a very intellectual level, they overtly rejected the ideas of "academic art". The formulation of abstract art theory and Der Blaue Reiter Almanac was completely revolutionary for its time and presented the art world with unlimited new directions for art.