Art History Animalia<p><a href="https://historians.social/tags/ThreeForThursday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThreeForThursday</span></a>:<br>Franz Marc (German, 1880-1916)<br>Grazing <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Horses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Horses</span></a> IV (The Red Horses),<br>1911<br>Oil on canvas, 121 x 183 cm (47 5/8 x 72 1/16 in.)<br>On display at Harvard Art Museums</p><p>“As this painting's numeric title suggests, Marc returned repeatedly to the horse as a subject. He became well known for his preoccupation with animals, seeing them as the embodiment of a better, purer world, the bringers of spiritual renewal to Western culture.”</p>