Jawlensky on the meditation’s path

The most significative of Jawlensky’s last series, the Meditations, represent high point of stylization and control of colour. From 1934 to 1937, the artist painted several of these modern icons in a very difficult situation, both economically and phisically. They represent a culmination of his oeuv...

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Main Author: Francesco Giaveri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Complutense de Madrid 2014-02-01
Series:Anales de Historia del Arte
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Online Access:http://revistasculturales.ucm.es/index.php/ANHA/article/view/43611
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description The most significative of Jawlensky’s last series, the Meditations, represent high point of stylization and control of colour. From 1934 to 1937, the artist painted several of these modern icons in a very difficult situation, both economically and phisically. They represent a culmination of his oeuvre and his comitment to seriality. Considered as a kind of transcendental meditation, this series of heads represents its strategy against the contingent time.
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spelling doaj.art-1b38c5f9bd3f46879b13158d4709f3082022-12-22T01:14:28ZengUniversidad Complutense de MadridAnales de Historia del Arte0214-64521988-24912014-02-0123025927610.5209/rev_ANHA.2013.v23.4361142325Jawlensky on the meditation’s pathFrancesco Giaveri0Departamento de Historia del Arte III Universidad Complutense de MadridThe most significative of Jawlensky’s last series, the Meditations, represent high point of stylization and control of colour. From 1934 to 1937, the artist painted several of these modern icons in a very difficult situation, both economically and phisically. They represent a culmination of his oeuvre and his comitment to seriality. Considered as a kind of transcendental meditation, this series of heads represents its strategy against the contingent time.http://revistasculturales.ucm.es/index.php/ANHA/article/view/43611jawlenskyserialidadmeditaciónretratoexpresionismo.
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