Gabriele Münter was a German painter who lived from 1877 to 1962. She was a member of the group of expressionist artists called Der Blaue Reiter (the blue rider) that was founded 1911 in Munich. She was born in Berlin where she also grew up and went to an artschool for girls. After two years of travel in America she settled in Munich to study art at the phalanx school. There she met Wassily Kandinsky who was her teacher and she became his girlfriend for many years. Together they travelled a lot, for example to Tunisia and the Netherlands. When WWI started they fled Germany and went to Switzerland, there the two separated and Münter continued to Stockholm while Kandinsky went to Russia. After WWI Münter returned to Germany. During WWII she hid Kandinskys works and those of other members of the Blue Rider from the Nazis. She died 1962 in Murnau am Staffelsee. Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider) was a group of expressionist artists that was established in Munich in 1911. ... A database query syntax error has occurred. ... Munich: Frauenkirche and Town Hall steeple Munich (German: München pronunciation) is the state capital of the German Bundesland of Bavaria. ... Munich: Frauenkirche and Town Hall steeple Munich (German: München pronunciation) is the state capital of the German Bundesland of Bavaria. ... Phalanx (Greek word from phalangos, meaning line of battle) can refer to: phalanx formation in ancient warfare. ... On White II (Kandinsky 1923) Wassily Kandinsky (Russian: Василий Кандинский, first name sometimes spelled as Vasily, Vassily or Vasilii) (December 16, 1866 - December 13, 1944) was a Russian-born painter and art theorist. ... The Tunisian Republic (الجمهرية التونسية), or Tunisia, is a Muslim Arab country situated on the North African Mediterranean coast. ... The Netherlands (Dutch: Nederland) is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (Dutch: Koninkrijk der Nederlanden). ... Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... The Swiss Confederation or Switzerland is a landlocked federal state in Europe, with neighbours Germany, France, Italy, Austria and Liechtenstein. ... Stockholm [, ] is the capital and the largest City of Sweden. ... On White II (Kandinsky 1923) Wassily Kandinsky (Russian: Василий Кандинский, first name sometimes spelled as Vasily, Vassily or Vasilii) (December 16, 1866 - December 13, 1944) was a Russian-born painter and art theorist. ... Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... German soldiers at the Battle of Stalingrad World War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the worlds nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. ... On White II (Kandinsky 1923) Wassily Kandinsky (Russian: Василий Кандинский, first name sometimes spelled as Vasily, Vassily or Vasilii) (December 16, 1866 - December 13, 1944) was a Russian-born painter and art theorist. ... The Nazi party used a right-facing swastika as their symbol and the red and black colors were said to represent Blut und Boden (blood and soil). ...