This is a review of August Macke and Franz Marc: An Artist Friendship. Edited by Volker Adolphs of the Städtisches Kunstmuseum Bonn and Annegret Hoberg of the Städtisches Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich and published by Hatje Cantz, this catalogue accompanies an exhibition held at the Kunstmuseum Bonn, 25 September 2014 – 4 January 2015; and at the Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus und Kunstbau, Munich, 28 January – 3 May 2015.