Alexej von Jawlensky

Alexej von Jawlensky
Self-portrait, 1905
Born
Alexej Georgewitsch von Jawlensky

(1864-03-13)13 March 1864
Torzhok, Tver Governorate, Russian Empire
Died15 March 1941(1941-03-15) (aged 77)
Wiesbaden, Germany
NationalityRussian, German (since 1934)[1]
Known forPainting
Spouse
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(m. 1922)​
ChildrenAndreas Jawlensky [de]
Jawlensky autograph

Alexej Georgewitsch von Jawlensky (Russian: Алексе́й Гео́ргиевич Явле́нский, romanized: Alekséy Geórgiyevich Yavlénskiy; 13 March 1864 – 15 March 1941), surname also spelt as Yavlensky,[2] was a Russian expressionist painter active in Germany. He was a key member of the New Munich Artist's Association (Neue Künstlervereinigung München), Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider) group and later Die Blaue Vier (The Blue Four).

  1. ^ Tayfun Belgin, Alexej von Jawlensky, Eine Künstlerbiographie, Heidelberg, 1998, p. 130 (German)
  2. ^ Gray, Camilla. The Russian Experiment in Art. Thames & Hudson. p. 324.