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Marianne Von Werefkin BIOGRAPHY
1860 Tula - 1938 Ascona, Lago Maggiore, Italy. Known for: Painting.
Originally from a noble family, Marianne von Werefkin was born in 1860 as Marianna Vladimirovna Werjowkina in Tula, Russia. She studied at the Moscow Academy from 1883-1887, educated by the painter... Read full biography
Originally from a noble family, Marianne von Werefkin was born in 1860 as Marianna Vladimirovna Werjowkina in Tula, Russia. She studied at the Moscow Academy from 1883-1887, educated by the painter Ilya Repin, who had given her private lessons in painting before. Repin introduced her to Alexej... Read full biography
Originally from a noble family, Marianne von Werefkin was born in 1860 as Marianna Vladimirovna Werjowkina in Tula, Russia. She studied at the Moscow Academy from 1883-1887, educated by the painter Ilya Repin, who had given her private lessons in painting before. Repin introduced her to Alexej Jawlensky. In 1896 the couple moved to Munich, where Werefkin staged private saloons where artists such as Else Lasker-Schüler, Gabriele Münter and Wassily Kandinsky were gathered. In her paintings the... Read full biography
Originally from a noble family, Marianne von Werefkin was born in 1860 as Marianna Vladimirovna Werjowkina in Tula, Russia. She studied at the Moscow Academy from 1883-1887, educated by the painter Ilya Repin, who had given her private lessons in painting before. Repin introduced her to Alexej Jawlensky. In 1896 the couple moved to Munich, where Werefkin staged private saloons where artists such as Else Lasker-Schüler, Gabriele Münter and Wassily Kandinsky were gathered. In her paintings the artist was influenced by the art of Gauguin, Munch and Symbolism. In 1908 Jawlensky and Werefkin spent some time in Murnau together with the befriended artist couple Gabriele Münter and Wassily Kandinsky, this became a productive time. Shortly... Read full biography
Originally from a noble family, Marianne von Werefkin was born in 1860 as Marianna Vladimirovna Werjowkina in Tula, Russia. She studied at the Moscow Academy from 1883-1887, educated by the painter Ilya Repin, who had given her private lessons in painting before. Repin introduced her to Alexej Jawlensky. In 1896 the couple moved to Munich, where Werefkin staged private saloons where artists such as Else Lasker-Schüler, Gabriele Münter and Wassily Kandinsky were gathered. In her paintings the artist was influenced by the art of Gauguin, Munch and Symbolism. In 1908 Jawlensky and Werefkin spent some time in Murnau together with the befriended artist couple Gabriele Münter and Wassily Kandinsky, this became a productive time. Shortly thereafter they founded the artist group ‘Neue Künstlervereinigung München’ (NKVM). In 1911 K... Read full biography
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Originally from a noble family, Marianne von Werefkin was born in 1860 as Marianna Vladimirovna Werjowkina in Tula, Russia. She studied at the Moscow Academy from 1883-1887, educated by the painter Ilya Repin, who had given her private lessons in painting before. Repin introduced her to Alexej Jawlensky. In 1896 the couple moved to Munich, where Werefkin staged private saloons where artists such as Else Lasker-Schüler, Gabriele Münter and Wassily Kandinsky were gathered.
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