Serious art has been the work of individual artists whose art has had nothing to do with style because they were not in the least connected with the style or the needs of the masses. Their work arose rather in defiance of their times.
Franz MarcAbout author
- Author's profession: Artist
- Nationality: deutsch
- Born: February 8, 1880
- Died: March 4, 1916
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