Alexej von Jawlensky – Gallery of the Best Works from 1902 to 1936
Alexej von Jawlensky — Russian painter, one of the pioneers of Expressionism and a member of the “Blue Rider” group. His works are marked by their vibrancy, emotional intensity, and search for spirituality through the human face. Depicting generalized female faces with intense gazes and large, sorrowful eyes, he was inspired by Orthodox icons: “I am Russian by birth, and ancient Russian art and iconography have always been close to my Slavic soul.”
Jawlensky was among the first to join the “Blue Rider” group. He actively participated in exhibitions and discussions, although he never considered himself a theorist like Kandinsky or Marc.
Jawlensky began his career in Russia, but the peak of his creativity came during his years in Munich. There he worked with Kandinsky, Franz Marc, and Macke, developing ideas about color, light, and inner form. Unlike other participants, he did not fully embrace abstraction, instead focusing on portraiture as a means of expressing the soul.
The artist spent most of his life abroad, and his name is far better known outside Russia than in his homeland. Jawlensky created more than three and a half thousand works; many are housed in museums and private collections across Europe and America, while fewer than two dozen remain in Russian collections.
We selected the best works of Alexej von Jawlensky for publication in the gallery, for several reasons:
- they show evolution from realistic portraits to "face-explosions";
- demonstrate transition from Impressionism to expressive force;
- reflect the artist's philosophy and unique perception of the face as a window into the soul;
- his works speak directly to the viewer — without need for narrative explanations.
Gallery of Paintings by Alexej Jawlensky – Portraits
This gallery of portraits presents works by Alexej Jawlensky — from early pieces in Russia to mature cycles in Germany.
He searched not for facial accuracy, but for the music of emotion, the color of spirit, the movement of inner light. This is why his works feel so piercingly alive. Included in this genre are masterpieces such as «Schokko», «Spaniardin», «Woman with Peonies», «Portrait of Choreographer Alexander Sakharov» and many others. Explore Jawlensky’s series of expressive portraits.
Alexej von Jawlensky - Helene in Spanish costume
1902, 110 × 50 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Bretonische Bäuerin
1905, 42 × 53 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Bretonin
1906, 52 × 49 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Mädchen in gelbem Stuhl
1907, 53 × 51 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Dame vor blauem Grund
1908, 54 × 45 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Damenbildnis
1908, 65 × 44 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Schokko with Red Hat
1908, 75 × 65 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - A Spaniard
1909, 75 × 51 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Woman with Head Bandage
1909, 76 × 73 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Portrait of a Girl
1909, 92 × 67 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Sitzende Frau
1909, 70 × 49 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Lady with Fan
1909, 92 × 67 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Young Girl with Peonies
1909, 101 × 75 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Helene in Colored Turban
1910, 94 × 81 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Girl in Bonnet
1910, 54 × 49 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Female Nude
1910, 70 × 42 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Helene with Dark Blue Turban
1910, 72 × 69 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Schokko with Wide Brimmed Hat
1910, 75 × 65 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Autorretrato
1911, 54 × 51 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Blasse Blüten
1911, 54 × 49 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Frau mit roter Bluse
1911, 53 × 49 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Head of a Woman
1911, 52 × 50 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Head of a Youth
1911, 53 × 49 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Helene
1911, 71 × 50 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Spanish Woman
1911, 53 × 49 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Woman's Head (Vrouwenkop)
1911, 55 × 51 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Brustbild einer Frau in rötlichem Gewand
1912, 70 × 51 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Mädchen mit niedergeschlagenen Augen
1912, 54 × 46 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Frauenbildnis
1912, 70 × 49 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Portrait of a Woman
1912, 53 × 49 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Portrait of a Woman
1912, 64 × 54 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Portrait of a Woman: Katia
1912, 69 × 56 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Princess Turandot
1912, 60 × 54 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Selbstbildnis
1912, 53 × 48 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Schwarze Haare in gelbem Hintergrund
1912, 53 × 49 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Sicilian Woman with Green Shawl
1912, 55 × 47 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - The Thinking Woman
1912, 58 × 53 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Turandot
1912, 54 × 49 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Woman with a Green Fan
1912, 65 × 54 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Die Griechin
1913, 53 × 49 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Egyptian Girl
1913, 64 × 49 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Frauenkopf mit Blumen im Haar
1913, 53 × 49 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Frauenkopf mit Blumen im Haar
1913, 53 × 49 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Head of a Woman
1913, 53 × 50 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Meditative Woman
1913, 53 × 50 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Frauenkopf im Dreiviertel
1916, 35 × 27 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Neapolitan Girl
1916, 34 × 28 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - The Pale Girl with Grey Braids
1916, 63 × 49 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Dichterin – Mystischer Kopf
1917, 40 × 31 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Frauenkopf auf blauem Grund
1917, 37 × 31 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Frauenkopf auf rotem Grund
1917, 37 × 31 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Mystical Head: Galka
1917, 39 × 30 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Mystischer Kopf: Fate
1917, 49 × 39 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Mystical Head: Ascona VI
1918, 40 × 30 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Mystical Head: Black Curls
1918
Alexej von Jawlensky - Mystical Head: The Poison Blossom
1918, 49 × 39 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Raven's Wing III
1918, 27 × 18 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Young Buddha
1918, 40 × 30 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Self Portrait
1930, 51 × 50 cm
Gallery of Paintings by Alexej Jawlensky – Landscapes
Jawlensky’s landscapes are not just depictions of nature — they are attempts to express emotional states through scenery. He wasn’t after realism, but rather powerful inner resonance of color and shape. In these works, he sought light, motion and musicality of space.
Series like «Russian Winter», «Munich Park», «Night over Lake» reveal how Jawlensky moved away from external realism toward inner expression. His landscapes glow with vivid patches, contrasted skies and dramatic illumination — all reflecting his belief: “Nature is not an object of observation, but a source of inspiration.”
Alexej von Jawlensky - Waldhäuschen
1903, 52 × 49 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Evening in Reichertshausen
1904, 33 × 48 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Andreas Garden
1905, 59 × 52 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Garden Path in Carantec
1905, 53 × 50 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Cornfield
1905, 49 × 52 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Landscape
1905, 49 × 52 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Wasserburg
1906, 39 × 52 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Kleines haus vor buschwerk
1906, 50 × 53 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Garten am Bauernhaus
1907, 53 × 64 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Landscape Murnau
1907, 48 × 53 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Wasserburger Landschaft mit Häusern und Wiese
1907, 54 × 65 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Houses with Front Gardens
1908, 52 × 53 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Summer Evening in Murnau
1908, 33 × 45 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - The Village of Murnau
1908, 49 × 53 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Floating Cloud
1909, 33 × 41 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Landscape – Murnau
1909, 33 × 43 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Landscape with Trees
1909, 49 × 53 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Landschaft mit Brücke
1909, 33 × 45 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Murnau Landscape: Orange Cloud
1909, 33 × 40 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Pine Tree
1909, 32 × 41 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Two White Clouds
1909, 33 × 43 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Blauer Berg
1910, 32 × 40 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Dark Trees over Green Slope
1910, 33 × 44 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Factory at Oberau
1910, 51 × 41 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Gebirgsdorf
1910, 33 × 45 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Landscape at Murnau – Yellow Evening Clouds
1910, 33 × 41 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Murnau
1910, 32 × 42 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Murnau
1910, 50 × 53 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Roter Abend: Blaue Berge
1910, 33 × 44 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - The Valley Murnau
1910, 33 × 42 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Vue de Murnau
1910, 39 × 54 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - An der Ostsee
1911, 61 × 61 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Coast Scene with Red Hill
1911, 33 × 45 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Red Dune Prerow
1911, 33 × 44 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Church in Prerow
1911, 50 × 54 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Church in Prerow
1911, 53 × 49 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Stormy Pine Trees
1911, 49 × 53 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Trees and Dunes in Prerow
1911, 33 × 44 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Bunter Berg im Oberstdorf
1912, 33 × 44 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Das Oy-Tal bei Oberstdorf
1912, 33 × 45 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Mountains near Oberstdorf
1912, 42 × 58 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Landschaft mit gelbem Schornstein
1912, 33 × 44 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Factory in the Mountains
1912, 52 × 55 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Oberstdorf – Winter
1912, 54 × 50 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Oberstdorf Montains with Fruitaft mit Häusern
1912, 46 × 55 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Oberstdorf Upper Village
1912, 30 × 40 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Oberstdorf Montains
1912, 49 × 53 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Casa con Palma
1914, 50 × 54 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Summer Day in Ascona
1918, 27 × 36 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Small Landscape with Telegraph Masts
1919, 33 × 44 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Sierra Morena
1921, 33 × 44 cm
Gallery of Paintings by Alexej Jawlensky – Still Lifes
Jawlensky’s still lifes were not simply depictions of objects — they were attempts to express emotional depth through ordinary things. He used fruits, vases and flowers as a framework for playing with color and form. These works broke free from traditional notions of static composition.
Paintings like «Table with Apples», «Flowers in an Orange Vase», or «Plate with Bread» show how simple subjects can become symbolic. For Jawlensky, still life became a stage for spiritual movement, where every fruit and fold of cloth contributed to a larger harmony.
Alexej von Jawlensky - Hyacinth Pots
1902, 61 × 48 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Still Life with Oranges
1902, 31 × 37 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Still Life with Flask, Fruit and Figure
1907, 52 × 57 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - The Lamp
1908, 53 × 49 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Still Life with Apples
1908, 49 × 51 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Blumen
1909, 56 × 71 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Colored Tablecloth
1909, 47 × 61 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Still Life with Figure, Fruit and Landscape
1909, 44 × 50 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Vase and Jug
1909, 49 × 43 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Mit rundem Tisch
1910, 55 × 50 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Stilleben mit Gockel
1910, 54 × 50 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Stillleben mit Früchten
1910, 48 × 68 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Still Life with Embroidered Blanket
1910, 53 × 49 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Still Life with Flowers and Fruit
1910, 49 × 53 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Still Life with Yellow Table Cloth
1910, 74 × 83 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Stillleben
1910, 49 × 53 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Begonia
1911, 71 × 75 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Still Life with Apples and Violet
1912, 49 × 53 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Still Life with Pitcher
1913, 68 × 51 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Stillleben mit schwarzer Vase
1912, 45 × 33 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Still Life with Hyacinths
1912, 49 × 52 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Japanische Blumen
1913, 54 × 50 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Blumenstilleben
1915, 35 × 26 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Gladiolen
1915, 25 × 16 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Bunte Blumen
1915, 53 × 50 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Blumen in einer Vase
1918, 34 × 25 cm
Gallery of Paintings by Alexej Jawlensky – Variations
From 1914 to 1921, Alexej Jawlensky painted his “Variations” — abstract bursts that reflected his quest for pure rhythm and color. It marked a shift from form to pure light and energy.
These works were neither impressionistic nor geometric — something in between: color explosions, harmony without outlines, music made visible. Key works from this period include:
“Variation on Spring”, “Color Wave”, “Fire Over Water” — each work seems to have heard music and translated it into visual form.
Alexej von Jawlensky - Variation: The Road (Mother)
1914, 36 × 27 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Variation: Frosty Night with Crescent Moon
1915, 36 × 27 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Variation After the Spring Blessings
1915, 53 × 34 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Grosse Variation
1914, 53 × 34 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Herbstglanz
1915, 36 × 27 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Christmas
1915, 36 × 27 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Variation with Window in a Brown House
1915, 36 × 27 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Summer Day
1915
Alexej von Jawlensky - Whitsun Morning
1915
Alexej von Jawlensky - Winter
1915, 36 × 27 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Winter Fairy Tale
1915, 35 × 26 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Summer
1916
Alexej von Jawlensky - Variation
1916
Alexej von Jawlensky - Variation landscape with mountain
1916, 53 × 34 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Sammer
1916, 35 × 26 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Variation No. 16
1916
Alexej von Jawlensky - Variation
1916, 35 × 26 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Variation
1916, 35 × 27 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Variation
1916, 35 × 28 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Variation
1916, 36 × 30 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Variation
1916, 47 × 34 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Variation: Early Winter
1916, 36 × 27 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Variation: Before the Thunderstorm
1916
Alexej von Jawlensky - Variation After the Spring Rain
1916
Alexej von Jawlensky - Evening
1916
Alexej von Jawlensky - Field of Tulips
1916, 35 × 24 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - House in Trees
1916
Alexej von Jawlensky - Green Glimmer
1916
Alexej von Jawlensky - Landscape with Mountain
1916
Alexej von Jawlensky - Melancholy
1916
Alexej von Jawlensky - Mondenlichte
1916
Alexej von Jawlensky - Murnau
1916
Alexej von Jawlensky - Nacht
1916
Alexej von Jawlensky - Nacht
1916, 36 × 27 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Variation No. 10
1916, 35 × 29 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Song
1916
Alexej von Jawlensky - Sound of Summer
1916
Alexej von Jawlensky - Spring
1916
Alexej von Jawlensky - Summer
1916, 36 × 27 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Summer Blessing
1916, 35 × 27 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Summer Evening
1916
Alexej von Jawlensky - Summer Ripeness
1916
Alexej von Jawlensky - Sunset
1916
Alexej von Jawlensky - Tendernesses
1916
Alexej von Jawlensky - Traumerei
1916, 32 × 27 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Tulpenfeld
1916, 35 × 24 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Twilight
1916, 36 × 27 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Twilight
1916
Alexej von Jawlensky - Variation: Winter Melancholy
1916
Alexej von Jawlensky - Winter II
1916
Alexej von Jawlensky - Variation with Bowl and Apples
1916
Alexej von Jawlensky - Wide Path
1916, 55 × 36 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Variation: Mood of a Thunderstorm
1916
Alexej von Jawlensky - Variation: Landscape with Mountain
1916
Alexej von Jawlensky - Glorious Evening – Summer Blessing
1917, 35 × 26 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Variation
1917, 36 × 27 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Variation: Herbst
1917, 36 × 27 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Variation: Chords in Reflection
1917
Alexej von Jawlensky - Variation: Spring Happiness and Sun
1917
Alexej von Jawlensky - Variation: Stormy Sunset
1917
Alexej von Jawlensky - Variation: Zartlichkeiten
1917, 35 × 26 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Purpurgold, Herbst
1918, 36 × 25 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Variation: Morgen Herbst
1918, 36 × 25 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Glorious Evening – Summer Blessing
1918, 36 × 27 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Variation
1918, 35 × 27 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Variation
1918, 36 × 31 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Variation: Autumn Is Coming
1918
Alexej von Jawlensky - Variation: Play of Color
1918
Alexej von Jawlensky - Variation: Seelenwandern
1918, 35 × 27 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Variation: Schwarzer Baum
1918
Alexej von Jawlensky - Variation: Sonnenaufgang
1918, 36 × 27 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Variation: Wind II
1918
Alexej von Jawlensky - Variation: Winter III
1918
Alexej von Jawlensky - Variation
1919, 36 × 27 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Variation No. 16
1919
Alexej von Jawlensky - Variation: Maturity and Youth
1919
Alexej von Jawlensky - Variation: Overture
1919
Alexej von Jawlensky - Variation: Pyramid
1919
Alexej von Jawlensky - Variation: Soul Forces
1919
Gallery of Paintings by Alexej Jawlensky – Heads & Meditations
Alexej von Jawlensky created over 1,000 semi-abstract «Heads» and «Meditations» in the mid-1930s. These works are characterized by intentionally rough brushwork and somber tones. In 1937, Nazis confiscated 72 of his works at the Degenerate Art exhibition — works he never saw again.
But it was precisely these series — «Heads», «Meditations» — that inspired generations of artists toward emotion-driven painting. They represent the pinnacle of his career: faces lose individual features and become canvases of feeling. Color becomes voice; form becomes soul-motion. Today, his «Heads» and «Meditations» are considered some of the most moving works of 20th-century art — where the boundary between human and color disappears.
From 1938 until his death, the aging, ill artist no longer painted. Alexej von Jawlensky passed away in Wiesbaden in 1941 — right at the start of WWII.
Alexej von Jawlensky - The draughtsman
1912, 41 × 33 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Abstract Savior: Face with Crown of Thorns
1918, 40 × 30 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Abstract Head
1922, 17 × 13 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Abstract Head: Love
1922, 42 × 35 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Abstract Head: Life and Death
1923, 42 × 32 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Abstract Head: Vision Night
1923, 43 × 33 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Abstrakter Kopf
1924, 45 × 36 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Abstract Head: Inner Vision Memory of a White Flower
1925, 42 × 32 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Abstract Head: Last Light
1925, 43 × 33 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Abstract Head: Mysterium
1925, 45 × 36 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Abstract Head: Tragic Fate
1925, 45 × 36 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Abstract Head: Winter Ringing
1927, 42 × 32 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Abstract Head: Red Black
1928, 41 × 32 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Abstract Head: Tragic
1928, 42 × 32 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Abstract Head: Twilight
1928, 45 × 33 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Abstract Head: Mourning
1929, 45 × 33 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Abstract Head: The Cup Passed from Me
1929, 43 × 33 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Abstract Head: Atonal
1932, 41 × 32 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Abstract Head: In Full Maturity
1932, 18 × 14 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Abstract Head: Africa
1933, 42 × 35 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Abstract Head: Andante
1933, 43 × 33 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Abstract Head: Autumnal Sound
1933, 42 × 33 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Abstract Head: Homer
1933, 42 × 32 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Abstract Head: Knight of the Cross
1933, 43 × 33 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Abstract Head: To the Most Beautiful
1933, 32 × 25 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Meditation
1935, 18 × 14 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Meditation
1935, 32 × 25 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Große Meditation
1936, 25 × 19 cm
Alexej Jawlensky – Inspirator of Faces and Light
Alexej Jawlensky left behind a legacy that shaped the course of European avant-garde. His works are marked by brilliance, intensity and a unique musicality of form.
Anatoli Gostev found inspiration in Jawlensky’s painting for his work “Lake”, often citing Jawlensky in the context of expressing emotions through color. Here’s what he once said:
Jawlensky was a genius. In his lifetime, he traveled from classical portraiture to the wave of sound in the face. He didn’t just paint people — he captured their emotional glow.
— Anatoli Gostev (1946 – 2022)
Gostev’s: an appraisal of Jawlensky’s painting masterpieces.
An artist with a Russian soul, in his search for the emotional radiance of nature and the human being, carried out monumental work in expressing meaning through form and color. Highly valuing the work of Alexei Jawlensky, and relying on our own judgment, sense of taste, and the emotional impact of his painting, we single out, in Gostev’s opinion, the finest work of the master in each genre:
Alexej von Jawlensky - Yellow Sound
1908, 33 × 44 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Young Girl with a Flowered Hat
1910, 93 × 68 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Variation: A Landscape Theme
1916, 35 × 28 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Abstract Savior: Face with Crown of Thorns
1918, 40 × 30 cm
Alexej von Jawlensky - Blaue Vase mit Orangen
1908, 45 × 56 cm
Legacy and Market Value of Alexej Jawlensky’s Art
Jawlensky’s fame returned posthumously — after World War II. First major exhibitions were organized in Germany and Switzerland, and now his works travel globally. Despite most of his collection being abroad, some pieces are preserved in the Tretyakov Gallery, State Russian Museum and Omsk Art Museum.
Jawlensky’s artworks now sell for $10–13 million at top international auctions.
The piece «Blaue Kappe» («Blue Head») (1912) sold for $6 million. «Woman with Green Fan» (1912) went for $11.2 million at Sotheby’s New York in 2011 — surpassing its estimate of $8 million.
His works continue to rise in value. Though he hasn’t reached Kandinsky’s price level, his artistic heritage is being reevaluated. Painting «Meditation I» (1917) sold for $10.1 million, and «Head of Savior» (1917), from a private collection, set a new record — $13.2 million.
| Sale Date | Title | Price | Upside vs Estimate | Auction House | City |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-02-05 | Schokko mit breitem Hut, ca. 1910 | $18,586,402 | + exceeded £6.5–8.5 million estimate | Sotheby’s | London |
| 2008-02-06 | Mädchen mit roter Schleife), 1910 | £2,932,500 | +18% over £2.5 million (estimate) | Christie’s | London |
| 2011-06-21 | Still Woman with Red Nose, 1913 | $8.3 million | +26% over $6.6 million (estimate) | Sotheby’s | Munich |
| 2013-02-06 | Blauer Shawl, 1910 | £2,281,250 | +14% over £2 million (estimate) | Christie’s | London |
| 2014-02-06 | Heilandsgesicht), 1917 | $10.1 million | +20% over $8.4 million (estimate) | Sotheby’s | New York |
| 2018-05-08 | Mit rundem Tisch, 1911 | $3,852,500 | +28% over $3 million (estimate) | Christie’s | New York |
| 2014-02-06 | Meditation I, 1917 | $7.6 million | +22% over $6.2 million (estimate) | Sotheby’s | New York |
| 2022-03-02 | Meditation auf Orange, 1917 | $13.2 million | +33% over $9.9 million (estimate) | Christie’s | London |
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