The hauntingly beautiful Tierschicksale (Animal Destinies, sometimes translated as Fate of the Animals), painted by Franz Marc (1880-1916) in 1913, is one of the highlights in the vast collection of the Kunstmuseum Basel.
Two slightly earlier works by Franz Marc are displayed next to the larger Tierschicksale. Two Cats, Blue and Yellow (Zwei Katzen, blau und gelb), 1912, and A Bison in Winter (The Red Bison) (Bison im Winter (Roter Bison)), 1913, are far more typical of the work by the most famous painter of the short-lived The Blue Rider movement.