Taking its name from a 1903 painting by one of its members, a collection of this group's works is held in the former  home of Franz von Lenbach.
Although the group only did two public exhibitions, in 1911 and 1912, it profoundly influenced the future of painting.  Taking its name from a 1903 painting by one of its members, a collection of this group's works is held in the former  home of Franz von Lenbach. Gabriele Münter often hosted this artistic group, as they completed works including Study  for Improvisation Five and Yellow Cow, the collaboration ended with the World War I deaths of August Macke and  Franz Marc. Wassily Kandinsky led, FTP, this expressionistic movement whose quintissential painting may be Marc's  Tower of Blue Horses.
Although the group only did two public exhibitions, in 1911 and 1912, it profoundly influenced the future of painting.  
{Der Blaue Reiter} or The {Blue Rider}