Gabriele Münter: Pioneer of Expressionism Gabriele Münter (19 February 1877 – 19 May 1962) was a German expressionist painter who played a central role in the Munich avant-garde at the beginning of the 20th century. She studied and lived with the painter Wassily Kandinsky and helped establish the influential artists’ group Der Blaue Reiter. Münter’s work features expressive use of colour and simplified forms in landscapes, portraits and still lifes. She bought a home in the Bavarian village of M