Tunisian View
1914
Medium
Chalk on paper
Dimensions
4 1/16 × 6 1/8 in. (10.3 × 15.6 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Modern and Contemporary Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation Gift, 1987
Accession Number
1987.57
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Art Historical Context
August Macke's *Tunisian View* (1914) is a chalk drawing on paper, capturing the artist's fleeting encounter with North African architecture during a transformative trip to Tunisia. Measuring just over 4 by 6 inches, this sketch exemplifies Macke's role as a key figure in German Expressionism and the Der Blaue Reiter group, he blended Fauvist color vibrancy with Cubist fragmentation. Created mere months before his untimely death in World War I at age 27, it reflects the exuberant energy of his final creative burst. The work's chalk medium allows for soft, luminous effects, ideal for rapid ple...