Alexey Georgievich JAWLENSKY
Born in 1864,
Torzhok (Tver province) - 1941, Wiesbaden, Germany
Painter
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 in canvas. Omsk Art
Gallery.
Lady in a Yellow Straw Hat. 1910.
Oil on cardboard, 88,5x73,5 cm. Merzbacher
Collection, Switzerland.
Paintings Biography Top of Page
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 cardboards 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.
Paintings Biography Top of Page
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.
Paintings Biography Top of Page
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.
Paintings Biography Top of Page
Yawlensli 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. Worked at A˛bé 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, Yawlensky 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.