ALEXEI JAWLENSKY

79 color plates. Many additional color and black & white illustrations throughout the essays.

Dust jacket has light rubbing and wear. Boards and pages are clean, crisp, and like-new. Very good ++

"Focusing on one of the lesser known Expressionist artists of the Blue Rider movement, this richly illustrated book presents the colorful paintings of Alexei Jawlensky. Alexei Jawlensky (1864-1941) was Russian, but lived in Germany much of his life and obtained German citizenship in 1934. He was a friend of Vasily Kandinsky, who he met in Munich when studying painting with Anton Azb#65533;, and had close ties to the German Expressionist artists. This book illustrates how the artist was influenced, apart from the German Expressionists, by the art of Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gauguin, Paul C#65533;zanne, Henri Matisse and the Fauves, and by Ferdinand Hodler. The book presents the chronological and thematic development of Jawlensky's art from early figure painting to landscapes and from still lives to the late iconic portraits and fascinating meditations.

With preface by Ronald S. Lauder, foreword by Renée Price, and essays by Vivian Endicott Barnett, Angelica Jawlensky Bianconi, Jill Lloyd, and Roman Zieglgänsberger." - from the publisher

9.5 x 11.3 inches