Artist: Alexei Jawlensky (1864 - 1941)
Nationality: Russian
Movement: Fauvism
Media: Painting
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Biography:
Alexei Jawlensky originally served in the Russian Imperial Guard before deciding to pursue an art career. He attended the St.Petersburg Academy and then studied in Munich alongside Wassily Kandinksy who encouraged him to paint in the Fauvist style. Jawlensky then traveled to Paris in 1913, and adopted Cubism after seeing the work of Matisse and Picasso. After moving to Wiesbaden, Germany, he joined the Blaue Vier with Kandinsky, Klee, and Feininger. Jalwensky’s paintings evolved from portraits and religious pieces to abstract and geometric designs.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (9)
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Alexei Jawlensky - Girl with the Green Face 1910 Oil on composition b The Art Institute of Chicago German
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Alexei Jawlensky - Abstrakter Kopf: Inneres Schauen-Grau-Blau-Rosa 1927 oil on board Des Moines Art Center Russian
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Alexej von Jawlensky, Kopf (Head), circa 1920 - 1923
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Alexej von Jawlensky, Kleine Kopfe (Small head III), circa 1922 - 1923
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Alexei Korovine, The Invisible City of Kitezh: stage design for Act IV, Scene II, 1929
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Alexei Korovine, Tutu from "La Gioconda" or "Dance of the Hours", early 20th century
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Alexej von Jawlensky, Geneigter Kopf mit geschlossenen Augen (Inclined Head with Closed Eyes), circa 1922
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Night Scene on the Volga, 1871 Alexei Kondratievich Savrasov (Russian, 1830-1897)Oil on wood; 12 7/8
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Alexei Alexeevich Morgunov - Portrait of Nathalija Gontcharova and Mihajl Larionov 1913 oil on canvas The Art Institute of Chicago

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (8)
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Wilhelm-Hack-Museum: Der Blaue Reiter: The Freeing of Color
The exhibition has been curated by the Museums director, Dr. Richard Gassen and will show approximately 200 pieces by 13 artists. The outstanding quality of the exhibition lies in its unique conception as well as in the excellent collaboration ...
Ketterer Kunst: 16 Works from the Herbert and Natalie Kirshner Collection, New York
Gabriele Münter's Kandinsky und Erma Bossi am Tisch was made in 1909, like two other oil paintings with the same subject, shortly after the artist bought her house in Murnau. It shows the interior of the living room in the so-called Russenhaus – a...
Ketterer Kunst: Oskar Schlemmers - Unterweisung - fetches eight times its estimate
The highest price was fetched by the undisputed star of German Informe!, Emil Schumacher. His Acheron in oil with sand was bought off the artist immediately after its completion in 1958 and has never been on the art market before. It went for n...
Walker Art Center: Franz Marc and the Blue Rider
After Marc encountered the kindred spirits who would later form the core of the Blue Rider group--including Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, and Alexej Jawlensky--his style matured into a broader artistic p...
Phillips Auctioneers: Phillips, de Pury and Luxembourg to Auction Hoener Collection of 20th Century German Art
Phillips, de Pury and Luxembourg will auction the Diethelm Hoener Collection of 20th Century German Art on Monday, November 5 at 11:00 am. Among the highlights of the collection are two rare beach scenes by Max Liebermann, which illustrate...
Fondazione Antonio Mazzotta: Wassily Kandinsky: Tradition and Abstraction in Russia
The chronology begins in 1896, the year in which Kandinsky, at the age of thirty (born in Odessa in 1866), with a law degree, married to his cousin Anja Shemjakina, abandoned his academic career and moved toMunich to work exclusively o...
Haus der Kunst: Masterpieces from Fra Angelico to Bonnard The Collection Dr. Gustav Rau
After the exhibition in Paris and Cologne, this priceless collection is now to be seen in its noticeably enlarged form in Haus der Kunst. A selection of 100 paintings demonstrates in an exemplary manner the development of European painting from th...
Haus der Kunst: Mattis-Teutsch and Der Blaue Reiter
The most important sources were, in Romania, the art gallery in Sf. Gheorghe, the National Museum in Brukenthal, the art gallery in Bra_ov and the National Museum of Bucharest. In Hungary, the National Gallery, the Fine Arts Museum in Budapest, an...

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