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Jawlensky

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[yau-len-skee] / jaʊˈlɛn ski /

noun

  1. Alexej von 1864?–1941, German painter, born in Russia.


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Jawlensky, with a Fauvist portrait, and Werefkin, with a moody landscape, are here, too, as is Münter’s Blue Rider colleague Franz Marc.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 10, 2026

German-born art dealer Galka Scheyer helped organize exhibitions that promoted a key group of 20th century artists known as the Blue Four: Paul Klee, Lyonel Feininger, Alexei Jawlensky and Vasily Kandinsky.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2017

Jawlensky made about a thousand of these paintings, titled “Meditations,” between 1934 and 1937, in Wiesbaden.

From The New Yorker ● Feb. 19, 2017

Jawlensky, born in Russia, had an up-and-down career and up-and-down relationships.

From New York Times ● Feb. 8, 2017

Sent to cadet school in Moscow and later commissioned in an infantry grenadier regiment, Jawlensky petitioned for a transfer to St. Petersburg, where as an officer he could study painting.

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