Alexej von Jawlensky (1864-1941) Expressionism Fauvism Russian

tonykwk39@ Alexey von Jawlensky, (born March 13, 1864, Torzhok, Russia—died March 15, 1941, Wiesbaden, Germany), Russian painter noted for his Expressionistic portraits and the mystical tone of his late paintings of abstract faces. In 1889 Jawlensky gave up an established career in the Russian Imperial Guard to study painting under the Russian historical painter Ilya Repin. In 1896, disenchanted with realism, he moved to Munich, where he met the painter Wassily Kandinsky, who remained a lifelong