Editing Franz Marc (section)

===Wartime===
[[File:Military NACHLASS of the painter Franz Marc.jpg|thumb|The military person's estate of Franz Marc on display in a museum]]
With the outbreak of [[World War I]] in 1914, Marc was drafted into the [[Imperial German Army]] as a cavalryman. By February 1916, as shown in a letter to his wife, he had gravitated to [[military camouflage]]. His technique for hiding artillery from aerial observation was to paint canvas covers in broadly [[pointillist]] style. He took pleasure in creating a series of nine such tarpaulin covers in styles varying "from [[Manet]] to [[Wassily Kandinsky|Kandinsky]]", suspecting that the latter could be the most effective against aircraft flying at {{convert|2000|m}} or higher.<ref>{{cite book | title=Camouflage | publisher=Thames and Hudson / Imperial War Museum | author=Newark, Tim | year=2007 | pages=68}}</ref>

By 1916, he had been promoted to lieutenant and awarded the [[Iron Cross]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Williams |first1=Sonny |title=From the Clairière de l'Armistice to Franz Marc |url=https://www.grayssportingjournal.com/from-the-clairiere-de-larmistice-to-franz-marc/ |website=Gray's Sporting Journal |access-date=12 June 2023 |date=27 September 2021}}</ref>

After mobilization of the German Army, the government identified notable artists to be withdrawn from combat for their own safety. Marc was on the list but was struck in the head and killed instantly by a shell splinter during the [[Battle of Verdun]] in 1916 before orders for reassignment could reach him.<ref>{{cite book |last=Dantini |first=Michele |title=Modern & Contemporary Art |publisher=Sterling Publishing |year=2008 |translator-first=Timothy |translator-last=Stroud |isbn=978-1402759215 |oclc=1194440434 |page=29 }}</ref>