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Alexej von Jawlensky

1864 - 1941

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Alexej Georgewitsch von Jawlensky (Russian: Алексе́й Гео́ргиевич Явле́нский, romanized: Alekséy Geórgiyevich Yavlénskiy; 13 March 1864 – 15 March 1941), surname also spelt as Yavlensky, was a Russian expressionist painter active in Germany. He was a key member of the New Munich Artist's Association (Neue Künstlervereinigung München), Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider) group and later Die Blaue Vier (The Blue Four). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alexej von Jawlensky is the 231st most popular painter (up from 308th in 2019), the 207th most popular biography from Russia (up from 289th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Russian Painter.

Alexej von Jawlensky is most famous for his abstract paintings. He was a Russian-German Expressionist painter who was born in 1866 and died in 1941.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Alexej von Jawlensky ranks 231 out of 2,023. Before him are Petrus Christus, Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Jacopo Bellini, Ferdinand Hodler, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, and Gerard van Honthorst. After him are Domenichino, Zdzisław Beksiński, Gabriele Münter, Pisanello, Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark, and Simon Vouet.

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Among people born in 1864, Alexej von Jawlensky ranks 20. Before him are Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine, Miguel de Unamuno, Frances Cleveland, Charles Cooley, Yun Chi-ho, and Wilhelm Karl, Duke of Urach. After him are Heinrich Wölfflin, Vilhelm Hammershøi, Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale, Paul Sérusier, John Jacob Astor IV, and Jules Renard. Among people deceased in 1941, Alexej von Jawlensky ranks 24. Before him are El Lissitzky, Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Marina Tsvetaeva, Émile Picard, Hans Spemann, and Edward Rydz-Śmigły. After him are Frederick Banting, Prajadhipok, Edwin S. Porter, Ernst Udet, Werner Sombart, and Werner Mölders.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Alexej von Jawlensky ranks 207 out of 3,761. Before him are Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia (1875), Pyotr Kapitsa (1894), Leonid Hurwicz (1917), Grigori Perelman (1966), Alexei Leonov (1934), and Vladimir Propp (1895). After him are Mikhail Suslov (1902), Leonid Kantorovich (1912), Aleksandr Ulyanov (1866), Alexander Friedmann (1888), Sabina Spielrein (1885), and Ivan Kramskoi (1837).

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Among PAINTERS In Russia

Among painters born in Russia, Alexej von Jawlensky ranks 5. Before him are Wassily Kandinsky (1866), Andrei Rublev (1360), Ivan Shishkin (1832), and Nicholas Roerich (1874). After him are Ivan Kramskoi (1837), Natalia Goncharova (1881), Viktor Vasnetsov (1848), Vasily Vereshchagin (1842), Marianne von Werefkin (1860), Vasily Perov (1834), and Lovis Corinth (1858).

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