Alexej von Jawlensky
Variation: Autumn light, 1919
Oil on canvas-textured cardboard, 52,6 × 42,8 cm
Kunstmuseum Bern, donation of Livia Klee, Bern, 2001
Alexej von Jawlensky
Alexej von Jawlensky, a Russian officer and painter, met Marianne von Werefkin in 1892. In 1909, he co-founded the Neue Künstlervereinigung München with Werefkin, Wassily Kandinsky, Gabriele Münter and others. From 1918 to 1921, he lived and worked with Werefkin in Ascona, after which they separated.