Louisiana Magazine no. 59

In Louisiana Magazine no. 59 you can read about the painter Alexej Jawlensky (1864-1941). Though closely associated with the European avant-garde movements at the beginning of the 20th century, the painter Alexej Jawlensky (1864-1941) seems to have found his very own artistic voice rather late in life. This exhibition focuses on Jawlensky's path towards a highly distinctive expression in the form of his small, beautiful and mysterious meditations devoted almost exclusively to painting the same subject over and over again; a face.

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Alexej Jawlensky was born into a regimental family in Russia in 1864, and initially opted for a military career himself, which he, however, chose to abandon in favor of the arts. In 1889 he began studying at the art academy in St. Petersburg, where he met the painter Marianne von Werefkin, who became his partner and supporter for many years. Together, the couple moved to Munich, where Jawlensky attended a private painting school with, among others, Wassily Kandinsky.

The first chapter of the exhibition takes its starting point precisely in Jawlensky's connection to the Munich art scene at the beginning of the 20th century. Together with Kandinsky, Gabriele Münter and von Werefkin, he settled for a period in Murnau in Upper Bavaria and developed his highly expressive landscape paintings there.


Published by: Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
Dimensions: W: 22 x H: 28 cm
80 pages
Language: Danish