German group of artists active in Munich from 1911 to 1914. The principal members were Vasily Kandinsky, Franz Marc, Gabriele Münter, Alfred Kubin, Paul Klee and August Macke. The group’s aim was to express the inner desires of the different artists in a variety of forms, rather than to strive for a unified style or theme. It was the successor to the NEUE KÜNSTLERVEREINIGUNG MÜNCHEN (NKVM), founded in Munich in 1909.

• Blaue Reiter
  • Expressionism, §1(i)(b): Origins and developments in Germany: Artists’ groups
  • Expressionism, §1(ii): International developments and legacy
  • Landscape painting, §II, 8: 20th century
  • Munich, §II, 2: Art life and organization, c 1799 and after
  • Schiele, Egon, §1(ii): First Expressionist works, 1910–11
  • Sturm, Der
  • collections
    • Germany, §XII, 3: Patronage, c 1800–1945
    • Koehler, Bernhard
    • May, Morton D.
  • exhibitions
    • Delaunay (ii): (1) Robert Delaunay, §1: Early work, to 1912
    • Kandinsky, Vasily, §1: Early years and Munich, before 1914
    • Marc, Franz
    • Münter, Gabriele
    • Neue Künstlervereinigung München
    • Orphism
    • Schoenberg, Arnold
    • Walden, Herwarth
  • members
    • Abstract art, §1: Origins and early experiments, to c 1913
    • Blue Four
    • Germany, §III, 5(i): Painting and graphic arts, c 1900–c 1939
    • Jack of Diamonds
    • Macke, August
    • Arp, Hans (Peter Wilhelm)
      • Arp, Hans, §1: Training and early work, to 1915
    • Campendonk, Heinrich
      • Campendonk, Heinrich
    • Feininger, Lyonel
      • Feininger: (1) Lyonel Feininger
    • Klee, Paul
      • Klee, Paul, §1(ii): 1911–20
    • Kubin, Alfred (Leopold Isidor)
      • Kubin, Alfred
    • Mendelsohn, Erich
      • Expressionism, §2: Architecture
    • Morgner, Wilhelm
      • Morgner, Wilhelm
  • works
    • Poster, §II, 2: 1900–39
    • Watercolour, §2(iii): 20th century