25.03.1864 – 15.03 1941

Alexei von Yawlensky is a Russian expressionist artist, most of whose work was created in Germany.

In 1896, the pupil of Ilya Repin Alexei Yavlensky moved to Munich, where together with Vasily Kandinsky entered the art studio of Anton Azhbe.

The style of Yavlensky constantly evolved, for example, for some time he created in the style of Van Gogh. Then, under the influence of French artists, Jawlensky developed his own artistic strategy.

Yavlensky was a member of such associations as the “new Munich Art Association”, “Blue Rider”, “The Blue Four”, which organized exhibitions of artists in Germany and the United States.

Since 1927, the artist began to suffer from arthritis. Over time, in order to continue drawing, Yavlensky began to tie the brush to his hands. It was during this period that a series of “Meditations” appeared, which became the pinnacle of the artist’s work. One of the objects of interest to the artist for study has always been a human face. In the cycle of “Meditation” Jawlensky for the image of the person turns to abstraction.

In 1937, about seventy works of the artist were confiscated by the Nazis as “degenerate art.”