Alexei Jawlensky, Kopf, Watercolor & ink on Paper ,1920-23

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  Alexei Jawlensky, Kopf, Watercolor & ink on Paper ,circa 1920-23. 7 18" W by 8 7/8, 19.7 cm by 20.3 cm, ink on Paper, signed lower left A Jawlensky.

  Alexei von Jawlensky (1864 - 1941) was active/lived in Russian Federation, Germany. Alexei Jawlensky is known for Expressionist painting.The son of a Russian Imperial Army colonel; sent to military school & commissioned as a lieutenant, but his mind was never far from art. In 1896, after studying at the Imperial Art Academy in St. Petersburg, he resigned his commission & set off to study art in Munich with fellow artist Marianne von Werefkin. So began a peripatetic existence in Germany, France, Russia, Italy and Switzerland that ended in 1922 when he finally settled in Wiesbaden, Germany. He met Kandinsky and was greatly influenced by his use of color as form. Jawlensky became affiliated with the German Expressionists. He traveled in Germany and France before World War II. He soaked up the work of the Post-Impressionists and the Fauves, as well as early Picasso and Matisse. He was an important part of an international circle of modernists who collectively changed the face of art in the early 20th century. In 1921, Jawlensky joined with Feininger, Kandinsky and Klee to become the Blue Four. They formed a movement even though their work was very divergent. Jawlensky had moved back to Germany and settled in Wiesbaden. He struggled with arthritis and the hostile political environment. He continued to paint until the late 1930s, but his work grew increasingly dark and morose. He died in 1941.

   

  Condition

  Very good, slight wrinkling along right edge.

• Provenance

  Excellent provenance: most likely bought from a Gallery in Paris by Prince Darius Tayarken of London (stamp verso), Private UK Collection, Private American Collection at present.

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