Still Life with a Purple Bowl, Alexej von Jawlensky
Alexej von Jawlensky
Still Life with a Purple Bowl
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Alexej von Jawlensky

Still Life with a Purple Bowl, 1912


Dimensions
49.8 x 53.5 cm
Physical Description
Oil on cardboard
Inventory Number
2126
Acquisition
Acquired in 1973 as a gift from Hanna Bekker vom Rath
Status
On display, 1st upper level, Modern Art, room 15

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About the Work

Only at a second glance can the still life can be recognised as such from the composition of simplified objects with black contours. The artist drew the outlines in charcoal and then filled the spaces with bright complementary colours (red/green, blue/orange, yellow/purple). Jawlensky later wrote that he was able to express that which “vibrated” inside him through colours and forms. The influence of the French artist Henri Matisse is reflected in this abstract style and its relinquishing of a spatial perspective.

About the Acquisition

The painter, collector and art dealer Hanna Bekker vom Rath (1893–1983) did more than maintain personal contact with the artist Alexei von Jawlensky - from 1927 onwards she promoted his fame with tremendous energy through a circle of supporters, the 'Gesellschaft der Freunde der Kunst von A. v. Jawlensky' (Society of Friends of the Art of A. v. Jawlensky) in Wiesbaden. Jawlensky's Frankfurt-born patron also supported numerous artists of her generation and thus contributed in no small way to the revival of Modernism after the end of the Second World War.

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02.12.2024