Written in French. Major figures of German expressionism, of the Blaue Reiter movement, Franz Marc (1880-1916) and August Macke (1887-1914) formed a friendship in 1910, united by a common knowledge and interest in French art (Cézanne, Gauguin, Van Gogh, fauvism) that they discovered during their stays in Paris. Both express in their first paintings, often painted outdoors, the same spiritual fascination with the landscape and nature. It was after the meeting in 1911 with Wassily Kandinsky and the creation of the Almanac of the Blaue Reiter to which they contributed, that their painting took a