Alexej Georgewitsch von Jawlensky, surname also spelt as Yavlensky, was a Russian expressionist painter active in Germany. He was a key member of the New Munich Artist's Association, Der Blaue Reiter group and later the Die Blaue Vier.
Self-portrait, 1905
Alexej von Jawlensky
Blumenstilleben, 1908. Private collection.
Schokko with Red Hat, 1909
Neue Künstlervereinigung München
The Neue Künstlervereinigung München (N.K.V.M.), was an Expressionism art group based in Munich. The registered association was formed in 1909 and prefigured Der Blaue Reiter, the first modernist secession which is regarded as a forerunner and pathfinder for Modern art in 20th-century Germany.
Logo of the N.K.V.M.
Membership card of the N.K.V.M. Wassily Kandinsky: Woodcut Rocks
Exhibition poster for the 1st exhibition at the Thannhauser Gallery, Munich
Arco-Palais, Theatinerstraße 7, in Munich, where the 1st exhibition was held in Heinrich Thannhauser's Modern Gallery, between 1st-15th December 1909