You think you know Matisse: bright cut-outs, that famous snail, maybe The Dance. But before he ever picked up scissors, this rebel shocked Paris by unleashing a colour revolution so wild critics called him a "wild beast."

The Self-Taught Dreamer Who Painted Paradise from a Paris Zoo

The Spiritual Rebel Who Found the Divine in Blue Horses While Kirchner painted the psychological chaos of city streets, Franz Marc sought spiritual harmony in the animal kingdom, convinced that creatures were more spiritually pure than humans could ever be. The Rebel Who Painted Paradise In 1911, while Ernst Kirchner captured the anxious energy of Berlin, Franz Marc stood in Bavarian meadows painting blue horses, red deer, and yellow cows. Their colours weren’t natur