Blaue Reiter

adjective

Blaue Rei·​ter

¦blau̇ə¦rītə(r)

: of, relating to, or characteristic of a short-lived group of German artists concerned especially with the emotional use of color in primarily nonrepresentational art

Word History

Etymology

German, noun plural, blue riders

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