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Alexey von Jawlensky: Quick Facts

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Born March 13, 1864 • Torzhok • Russia
Died March 15, 1941 (aged 77) • Wiesbaden • Germany
Movement / Style Expressionism • Der Blaue Reiter • Die Blaue Vier • Neue Künstlervereinigung

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Portrait of a Girl, oil painting by Alexey von Jawlensky, 1909; in the Kunstmuseum, Düsseldorf, Germany.
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