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Alexey Georgievich JAWLENSKY

Born 1864, Torzhok (Tver province) - Died 1941, Wiesbaden, Germany

Painter

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Mystical Head (Head of a Girl). around 1917.

Oil on cardboard, 35 x 29 cm.
Merzbacher Collection, Switzerland.

Stormy Pine Trees at Prerow. 1911.

Oil on cardboard mounted on panel, 50x 54.5 cm.
Merzbacher Collection, Switzerland.

Still Life with Red Flowers (Yellow Figure and Cup). 1912.

Oil on cardboard mounted on wood, 48.5x54 cm.
Merzbacher Collection, Switzerland.

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Paintings

Girl in a Grey Apron. 1909.

Oil on cardboard, 98.5 x 68 cm.
Merzbacher Collection, Switzerland.

Study of a Girl, 1909.

Oil on cardboard, 98.5 x 68 cm.
Merzbacher Collection, Switzerland.

Still Life with a Vase and a Mug. 1909.

Oil on hardboard, 49.5 x 43 cm.
Museum Ludwig, Cologne.

Still Life with Plums. 1910s.

Oil on canvas.
Omsk Art Gallery.

Lady in a Yellow Straw Hat. 1910.

Oil on cardboard, 88.5x73.5 cm.
Merzbacher Collection, Switzerland.

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Dark Blue Turban (Helene with Dark Blue Turban). 1910.

Oil on cardboard mounted on wood. 72.1x68.9 cm.
The Merzbacher Collection, Switzerland.

Stormy Pine Trees at Prerow. 1911.

Oil on cardboard mounted on panel, 50x 54.5 cm.
Merzbacher Collection, Switzerland.

Head of a Young Man (Called Hercules), 1912.

Oil on hardboard, 59 x 53.5 cm.
Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund.

Hills, 1912.

Oil on hardboard, 53.5 x 64 cm.
Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund.

Solitude. 1912.

Oil on hardboard, 33.7 x 45.5 cm.
Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund.

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Still Life with Red Flowers (Yellow Figure and Cup). 1912.

Oil on cardboard mounted on wood, 48.5x54 cm.
Merzbacher Collection, Switzerland.

The Village St. Prex. 1916.

Oil on linen-finish paper, mounted on cardboard. 35.3 x 53 cm.
Merzbacher Collection, Switzerland.

Mediterranean Coast. 1917.

Oil on cardboard, 47,5 x 55 cm.
Staatsgalerie Moderner Kunst, Munich.

Mystical Head (Head of a Girl). around 1917.

Oil on cardboard, 35 x 29 cm.
Merzbacher Collection, Switzerland.

Savior's Face. Around 1917.

Oil on linen-finish paper, mounted on cardboard. 36 x 28 cm.
Merzbacher Collection, Switzerland.

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Variation: Fresh and Ringing. Ca 1918.

Oil on linen-finish paper, mounted on cardboard, 35.8 x 27.1 cm.
Merzbacher Collection, Switzerland.

Abstract Head. 1929.

Oil on linen-finish paper, mounted on cardboard, 36 x 25 cm.
Merzbacher Collection, Switzerland.

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Biography:

Jawlenski has studied at the Military School in Moscow (1877-1884), the Academy of Arts (1889-1893), and the studio of Repin, St. Petersburg (from 1890), where he met Verevkina (Marianne von Verefkin), his future wife. He has worked at Azbé School, Munich from 1896, where he met Kandinsky.

From 1903 he has participated in exhibitions including Munich and Berlin Sezession, Salon d'Automne in Paris, World of Art, SRKh (Union of Russian Artists), The Wreath, Jack of Diamonds, Die Blaue Reiter.

The artist has traveled to France (1903-1905).

In 1909, together with Münter and Kandinsky, Jawlensky has founded the New Association of Artists in Munich. He was a founder member of Blaue Reiter (1911).

The artist's last trip to Russia was in 1914. From 1915 he has lived in Switzerland.

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