Artwork of the Month:
Alexej von Jawlensky, Landschaft in Füssen (Frühling), ca. 1905
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Kunstwerk des Monats: Alexej von Jawlensky, Landschaft in Füssen (Frühling), ca. 1905
A gently winding path winds through the landscape, flanked by slender trees whose branches still carry the traces of winter. In the distance, two mountain peaks rest beneath a clear, soft light. This painting of Alexej von Jawlensky captures a quiet moment suspended between winter and spring in the Bavarian Alps.
Cool blues and greys blend with delicate shades of pink, interrupted by the warm brown tone of the cardboard, reminiscent of the earth beneath it. The colors are subtle yet vibrant. The brushstrokes are short and lively, conveying a tangible sense of movement—not a precise rendering of nature, but the feeling of a fleeting moment.
One can almost feel the fresh air awakening in the transition from frost to thaw and hear the soft whisper of the landscape slowly stirring from its winter sleep. The painting invites the viewer to pause and fully immerse themselves in this moment of stillness and quiet transformation.
Between 1903 and 1907, Jawlensky traveled several times to France with Marianne von Werefkin, where he was deeply influenced by van Gogh, Gauguin, and the Fauves around Matisse, whom he met in 1905. Shortly after this colourful and vivid work was created, he collaborated with Kandinsky, Münter, and Werefkin in Murnau, Bavaria, developing his expressive landscape style further.
