SOUL FLOWERS
MUSIC OF TH HEART
I knew that I must paint, not what I saw, but only what was in my soul. Figuratively speaking, it was like this: in my heart I felt as if there were an organ, which I had to sound. And nature, which I saw before me, only prompted me. And that was a key that unlocked the organ that made it sound….
Alexej von Jawlensky, Memoirs
(Note: today’s blog is the second part of a series highlighting artists from the exhibition Gauguin to Picasso, now showing at the Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C. through January 10, 2015).
Alexej von Jawlensky, Flower Still Life, 1910, oil on cardboard, Private Collection
Russian artist Alexej von Jawlensky (1864-1941), usually associated with the German Expressionist movement, began his career as a military officer. However, he eventually chose the path of an artist, leaving his native country at age 32 for Munich, where he joined the avant-garde circle of Kandinsky, Gabriele Munter, and Franz Marc, among others. Like his colleagues, Jawlensky believed that painting, particularly color as well as form, was ultimately a means to communicate his inner spirit and soul.
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