Vintage Print of "The Factory" By Alexey Jawlensky

Print area: 13.5"Lx11.25"H Paper size: 17.25"Lx14.5"H Georgewitsch von Jawlensky, better known as Alexej von Jawlensky, was born in 1864 in Torzhok, Russia. At the beginning Jawlensky's style was influenced by the Fauves, particularly by Matisse, but the artist soon discovered his own, Expressionist style, which is characterized by strong colors & simple forms. Later he turned to those calm, spiritualized & mystical images of human faces. In 1889 he began his artistic training, after having a career as an officer in the tsarist army. In summer 1908 he worked w/ Kandinsky, Marianne von Werefkin & Gabriele Münter in Murnau to develop the idea for the foundation of the 'Neue Künstlervereinigung München' to which they aligned w/ other artists. In Dec. the 1st exhibition took place in Munich. 2 yrs later the 'Blauer Reiter' was established as a new idea of co-operation. In 1913 Jawlensky participated in Herwarth Walden's 1st German autumn Salon in Berlin. In 1914 when WWI began, Jawlensky was expelled from Germany due to his Russian citizenship. He moved w/ his family & Marianne von Werefkin to Prex on Lake Geneva & remained in Switzerland until 1921, where he began painting his abstract heads in 1918. His final move to Wiesbaden was in 1921. An arthritis flare-up in 1929 forced the artist to visit various spas at regular intervals. Jawlensky suffered from a progressing paralysis & had difficulties in painting. 72 of his works were confiscated in 1937 as "degenerate."