Alexej von Jawlensky
Flowers in a Vase
About this artwork
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title:Flowers in a Vase
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accession number:GMA 5289
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materials:Oil on paper
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date created:Unknown
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measurements:18.00 x 12.00 cm (framed: 30.50 x 24.00 x 2.00 cm)
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credit line:The Henry and Sula Walton collection: bequeathed 2012
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photographer:Antonia Reeve
Alexej von Jawlensky
Alexej von Jawlensky
Jawlensky was born in Russia, and started out with a military career. He began his art studies comparatively late, in his mid-twenties, and in 1896 left the army and went to Munich where he enrolled at art school. Another Russian artist, Wassily Kandinsky, was a fellow student, and the two…