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Artists›August Macke

August Macke

August Macke

1887–1914

WA-00014612

Meschede, Germany

PaintingExpressionismCubism

Representation

None documented

9

Institutional Exhibitions

13

Works in Collection

20

Assets Indexed

3

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

Influence Graph

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Authority Records (2)

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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No image

Naked/Nude

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1986

No image

Drawing in Austria and Germany

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1985

No image

Cubism and Its Affinities

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1976

No image

German Drawing: The Expressionists

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1974

No image

Ways of Looking

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1971

No image

Summer Show

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1971

No image

Recent Acquisitions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1957–1958

No image

German Art of the 20th Century

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1957

No image

Recent European Acquisitions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1956–1957

Field Verification (3 fields)

1 cross-verified · 2 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
NationalityArtsy· 85%
BiographyGallery Generic· 72%

Source Registry (3)

Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/august-macke
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/3670
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Wikidata
Tier 1 · Institutional40%

About

Why this artist matters now

No biography available for August Macke yet.

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Taste overlap and adjacency

Movement

Expressionism

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York National Gallery of Art

Canonical record

Artworks (13)

Begrüßung

1921 · linocut on paper

Komposition

1918 · linoleum cut in black on cream wove paper

image: 12.1 × 8.7 cm (4 3/4 × 3 7/16 in.) sheet: 27.6 × 21.2 cm (10 7/8 × 8 3/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Composition (3 Nudes) [Komposition (3 Akte)] (plate, preceding p. 79) from the periodical Das Kunstblatt, vol. 2, no. 4 (Apr 1918)

Composition (3 Nudes) [Komposition (3 Akte)] (plate, preceding p. 79) from the periodical Das Kunstblatt, vol. 2, no. 4 (Apr 1918)

1918 · Linoleum cut

Comp. 4 3/4 x 3 1/2" (12.1 x 8.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

1914 · Chalk on paper

4 1/8 x 6 1/8 in. (10.5 x 15.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Lady in a Park

1914 · Oil on canvas

38 1/2 x 23 1/4" (97.8 x 58.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Street Scene with Cathedral (Straßenbild mit Kathedrale)

Street Scene with Cathedral (Straßenbild mit Kathedrale)

1914 · Pencil on paper

6 7/8 x 4 1/4" (17.5 x 10.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Tunisian View

1914 · Black chalk and graphite on paper

4 1/16 × 6 1/8 in. (10.3 × 15.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

People by the Blue Lake

People by the Blue Lake

1913 · oil on canvas

overall: 60.32 × 48.26 cm (23 3/4 × 19 in.) framed: 78.74 × 66.68 × 5.08 cm (31 × 26 1/4 × 2 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Tightrope Walker I (Seiltänzer I)

Tightrope Walker I (Seiltänzer I)

1913 · Color crayon on paper

6 3/8 x 3 3/4" (16.2 x 9.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Promenade on the Bridge (Spaziergang auf der Brücke)

Promenade on the Bridge (Spaziergang auf der Brücke)

1913 · Charcoal on transparentized paper

10 3/8 x 12 3/8" (26.3 x 31.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Greeting (Begrüssung)

1912 · Linoleum cut

block: 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches (24 x 19 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Greeting (Begrüssung)

Greeting (Begrüssung)

1912 · Linoleum cut

block: 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches (24 x 19 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Begrüssung (Greeting)

Begrüssung (Greeting)

1887 · woodcut in black on tan paper

block: 24.4 x 19.6 cm (9 5/8 x 7 11/16 in.) sheet: 37.8 x 27.5 cm (14 7/8 x 10 13/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

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Artwork sources (4)

13 published of 18 catalogued · 16 with image

MoMA
5 publishedof 10 catalogued10 img
The Met
4 published2 img
Nga
3 published3 img
Rijksmuseum
1 published1 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 1)

1 entries · 1 sources

Begrüßung
1921 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Two Sisters (On the Terrace) (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

7

Movements2

Expressionism Cubism

Collections5

Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Modern Art National Gallery of Art Christie's

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Rijksmuseum

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

National Gallery of Art

Market

Auction sale history

Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction

20 lots · 2014–2025

Market

Auction History

Range: $30,000 – $2,770,000

Work	Auction House	Date	Estimate	Hammer Price
Porträtstudie Sofie Gerhardt	Christie's	Mar 2025	£40,000 – £60,000	£52,920
Farbige Formen III	Christie's	Oct 2024	£120,000 – £180,000	Unsold
Zwei Mädchen (orientalischer Entwurf)	Christie's	Oct 2024	£120,000 – £180,000	Unsold
Krug, Pfeife, Buch und Apfel	Christie's	Oct 2024	£3,000 – £5,000	Unsold
Paar im Nachen	Christie's	Oct 2024	£250,000 – £350,000	Unsold
Angler am Fluss	Christie's	Oct 2024	$50,000 – $70,000	Unsold
Stilleben mit Pfeife und Äpfeln	Christie's	Oct 2024	£7,000 – £10,000	Unsold
Nackte Mädchen in der Barke	Christie's	Jun 2023	$250,000 – $450,000	Unsold
Schlucht in Tegernsee	Christie's	Mar 2022	£100,000 – £150,000	£100,800
Auf dem Friedhof von Thun	Christie's	Mar 2022	£300,000 – £500,000	£327,600

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