He was born into a family that already had an artistic background due to his father, Wilhelm Marc, being a landscape painter who also studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich.
Franz Marc has been remembered as having a short life and career; he died when he was 36 years old. During 1914, Marc became an enlisted cavalryman for the Imperial German Army.
The world has come to know Marc's art depicting his love of animals and colors. His art connected to a deeper, spiritual, aspect inherent in life and nature, and his expressive styles showcased this.
Marc experimented with the Art Nouveau style in his early years, which would have been during his 20s. But when he traveled to Paris, his style changed.
Franz Marc’s depiction of animals was closely tied to his pantheistic beliefs. We see many of his animals in nature and as many sources state, in their “natural habitat”.
Coloring was one of Marc’s most important artistic tools. He felt that color symbolized different aspects. Marc applied primary colors in large areas of his paintings, notably his animals.