Spiritualism+of+Blue+Rider

The Blue Rider artistic style (1911-1914), also known as Der Blaue Reiter, was a movement founded by Russian emigrant artists like Kandinsky as well as German artists like Franz Marc.

During this time period, there was a belief that certain colors elicited specific psychological responses. Red was exciting, yellow incited happiness, and blue was the most calming and spiritual color of all. As a result, many artists incorporated the color blue in their artworks to produce what was thought to be a cathartic response in the viewer.

Franz Marc, the Large Blue Horses (Horses were thought to be a spiritual animal)