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Still Life - Alexej von Jawlensky
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A bold Expressionist still life by Alexej von Jawlensky, featuring saturated colours and heavy, expressive brushwork.
This work by Alexej von Jawlensky displays the characteristic intensity of his early twentieth-century output. During this period, Jawlensky moved away from the naturalistic representation of objects, choosing instead to prioritise the emotional weight of colour and the structural integrity of the composition. The painting features a collection of fruit and vessels arranged against a background dominated by a raw, saturated red.
Jawlensky applies paint with a heavy, deliberate hand. The brushwork is visible and energetic, creating a tactile surface that rejects smooth finish in favour of raw expression. The objects, including the blue jug and the pink-toned vase, are reduced to their essential forms. Their outlines are reinforced with dark, heavy strokes, which separate them from the surrounding space. This technique reflects the influence of the Fauvist movement, where colour functions independently of the actual appearance of the subject matter.
The palette is deliberately constructed to create a visual tension. The cool blue of the jug provides a sharp contrast to the surrounding red field, while the green leaves and fruit introduce further chromatic variation. Jawlensky does not seek to capture the play of light or the texture of the fruit in a traditional sense. Instead, he uses these elements as a vehicle for a subjective experience of form. The composition is compact and grounded, with the objects clustered together to create a sense of weight and presence. This approach to the still life genre demonstrates the artist's interest in the spiritual and psychological potential of painting, a theme that would occupy him throughout his career. The work remains a clear example of the transition toward abstraction within the German Expressionist circle, where the artist's internal vision takes precedence over external reality.
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Museum-grade giclée on FSC-certified archival matte paper, with framed and canvas options.
- Paper sizes: A4, A3, A2, A1, A0 and B2 (50×70 cm)
- Canvas: XS (20×30 cm) to Large (60×90 cm)
- Frames: black, natural wood, dark wood or white
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Still Life - Alexej von Jawlensky
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Ab £37.00 GBP
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Ab £37.00 GBP
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Fine Art Poster / Small Square (30x30 cm) / -
Artist Biography
Alexej Von Jawlensky
By 1934, arthritis had locked Jawlensky's fingers and elbows. He clamped the brush between both hands, arms outstretched, and painted roughly a thousand small canvases he called Meditations. They are among the most concentrated devotional images in modern art, produced by a man who could barely move.
Jawlensky was born in Torzhok, Russia, in 1864, the fifth child of a military family. He trained as an officer in the Imperial Guard before abandoning that career in 1889 to study painting under Ilya Repin in St Petersburg. His patron and companion Marianne von Werefkin, herself a successful painter, financed their move to Munich in 1896. There he met Kandinsky, beginning a friendship that would shape both their careers.
Matisse, Van Gogh and Gauguin all pushed Jawlensky toward bolder colour, but his real catalyst was a trip to Provence in 1905 that convinced him colour could carry spiritual weight without representational accuracy. Back in Munich he produced intense, mask-like portraits: the Mystical Heads (1917 to 1919) and Saviour's Faces (1918 to 1920) drew directly on Russian Orthodox icon traditions from his childhood. He studied theosophy, yoga and Rudolf Steiner's anthroposophy, seeking a synthesis of Eastern and Western spiritual practice through paint.
He co-founded the New Munich Artists' Association with Kandinsky and later joined Der Blaue Reiter. In 1924, Emmy Scheyer (whom Jawlensky nicknamed "Galka", Russian for jackdaw) abandoned her own painting career to promote his work in America, forming Die Blaue Vier with Jawlensky, Kandinsky, Klee and Feininger. The First World War had already forced Jawlensky from Germany to Switzerland; he returned to Wiesbaden in 1921 and stayed until his death in 1941, increasingly isolated as the Nazis classified his work as degenerate.
Jawlensky was born in Torzhok, Russia, in 1864, the fifth child of a military family. He trained as an officer in the Imperial Guard before abandoning that career in 1889 to study painting under Ilya Repin in St Petersburg. His patron and companion Marianne von Werefkin, herself a successful painter, financed their move to Munich in 1896. There he met Kandinsky, beginning a friendship that would shape both their careers.
Matisse, Van Gogh and Gauguin all pushed Jawlensky toward bolder colour, but his real catalyst was a trip to Provence in 1905 that convinced him colour could carry spiritual weight without representational accuracy. Back in Munich he produced intense, mask-like portraits: the Mystical Heads (1917 to 1919) and Saviour's Faces (1918 to 1920) drew directly on Russian Orthodox icon traditions from his childhood. He studied theosophy, yoga and Rudolf Steiner's anthroposophy, seeking a synthesis of Eastern and Western spiritual practice through paint.
He co-founded the New Munich Artists' Association with Kandinsky and later joined Der Blaue Reiter. In 1924, Emmy Scheyer (whom Jawlensky nicknamed "Galka", Russian for jackdaw) abandoned her own painting career to promote his work in America, forming Die Blaue Vier with Jawlensky, Kandinsky, Klee and Feininger. The First World War had already forced Jawlensky from Germany to Switzerland; he returned to Wiesbaden in 1921 and stayed until his death in 1941, increasingly isolated as the Nazis classified his work as degenerate.
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