e great possibilities of color as a means of expression through August Macke, who was fascinated by the Fauves. - He developed an important friendship with the artist August Macke. 1911 - He formed the Der Blaue Reiter artist circle with Macke, Wassily Kandinsky, and other artists who decided to split off from the Neue K??nstlervereinigung movement. - He showed several of his works in the first De