Waldwiese, Reicharthausen (Meadow at Reichartshausen)

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Jawlensky was born in Russia in 1864 and prepared for a career in the Russian Imperial Army.However, by 1896 he had become so engrossed in painting that he resigned his commission as an officer and embarked on his new life in art. He moved to Munich and with the exception of a few years' stay in Switzerland, remained in Germany until his death in 1941.

His earlier paintings are characterized by a strong emotional, expressionistic quality but later a more meditative and contemplative quality pervades his canvases.

Source: Bulletin, May-June 1972

Published ReferencesDMAC Bulletin, May/June 1972, ill.

DES MOINES SUNDAY REGISTER, Dec. 26, 1971, ill.

DES MOINES ART CENTER: SELECTED PAINTINGS, SCULPTURES AND WORKS ON PAPER, Des Moines Art Center, 1985, ref. pp.86 & 87, b/w ill. p.87

GERMAN EXPRESSIONIST AND OTHER 20TH CENTURY DRAWINGS, SCULPTURE, AND PAINTINGS, Parke-Bernet catalog, lot no.67, 1970, ill. p.109

ALEXEI JAWLENSKY, Neue Galerie, New York, 2017, ill. cat. no. 4, pg. 100

DimensionsFrame: 21 1/8 × 27 3/8 × 2 1/2 in. (53.7 × 69.5 × 6.4 cm)
Image (visible): 10 9/16 × 16 7/8 in. (26.8 × 42.9 cm)

Accession Number 1971.22

Classificationspainting

CopyrightPublic Domain

SignedA. Jawlensky (l,r oil paint)

Inscriptions1904 WALDWIESE (verso u,l) REICHARTSHAUSEN (verso u,c)

ProvenanceArtist, Germany; Artist’s Estate, Locarno, Switzerland. Leonard Hutton Galleries, New York. Jacob Zuriel, Tel Aviv. (Parke-Bernet, New York, German Expressionist and Other 20th Century Drawings, Sculpture, Paintings, November 11, 1970, lot 67); Mr. and Mrs. B. Gerald Cantor, Beverly Hills, CA [purchased from the previous, 1970]; Des Moines Art Center [gift of the previous, 1971]