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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 308th most popular painter, the 289th most popular biography from Russia and the 9th 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 308 out of 2,023. Before him are Vasily Vereshchagin, David Alfaro Siqueiros, Adriaen van Ostade, Daniele da Volterra, Viktor Vasnetsov, and Paulus Potter. After him are Karel van Mander, Bernardino Luini, Cosimo Rosselli, Luigi Russolo, George Hendrik Breitner, and Gerard David.

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Among people born in 1864, Alexej von Jawlensky ranks 22. Before him are Rudolf Kjellén, Heinrich Wölfflin, Vilhelm Hammershøi, Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale, Jules Renard, and Frank Wedekind. After him are Wilhelm Karl, Duke of Urach, Branislav Nušić, Yun Chi-ho, Princess Zorka of Montenegro, Nellie Bly, and Johan Halvorsen. Among people deceased in 1941, Alexej von Jawlensky ranks 24. After him are Frederick Banting, Prajadhipok, Edwin S. Porter, Ernst Udet, Werner Sombart, Werner Mölders, Kurt Koffka, Henri Lebesgue, Ludwig Quidde, Eduard von Böhm-Ermolli, Pál Teleki, and Sherwood Anderson.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Alexej von Jawlensky ranks 289 out of 3,761. Before him are Eugen Sandow (1867), Nicholas Alexandrovich, Tsesarevich of Russia (1843), Eduard Limonov (1943), Viktor Vasnetsov (1848), Vladimir K. Zworykin (1888), and Alexey Ekimov (1945). After him are Vsevolod Meyerhold (1874), Aleksey Kuropatkin (1848), Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia (1786), Ivan II of Moscow (1326), Alexander Stepanovich Popov (1859), and Alexandre Koyré (1892).

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Among PAINTERS In Russia

Among painters born in Russia, Alexej von Jawlensky ranks 9. Before him are Ivan Shishkin (1832), Nicholas Roerich (1874), Ivan Kramskoi (1837), Natalia Goncharova (1881), Vasily Vereshchagin (1842), and Viktor Vasnetsov (1848). After him are Karl Bryullov (1799), Valentin Serov (1865), Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov (1806), Vasily Perov (1834), Marianne von Werefkin (1860), and Lovis Corinth (1858).

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