Marianne von Werefkin
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Mariamna Vladimirovna Veryovkina, commonly known as Marianne von Werefkin, was a Russian-born painter, active in Germany and Switzerland during the late Belle Époque and interwar periods. She is parti
Self-portrait, c. 1910
Portrait of Marianne von Werefkin with her right arm in a sling, 1888, by Ilya Repin. From the former collection of German concert singer Ernst Alfred Aye [de]; Werefkin's longtime companion, administrator and partial heir. Today in the Museum Wiesbaden.
General Veryovkin, the artist's father.
Werefkin's atelier on the family Blagodat summer estate, Lithuania. It is the only studio building in Lithuania of a 19th-century artist.
Expressionism
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Expressionism is a modernist movement, initially in poetry and painting, originating in Northern Europe around the beginning of the 20th century. Its typical trait is to present the world solely from
Edvard Munch, The Scream, c.1893, oil, tempera and pastel on cardboard, 91 × 73 cm, National Gallery of Norway, inspired 20th-century expressionists.
El Greco View of Toledo, 1595/1610 is a Mannerist precursor of 20th-century expressionism.
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Czardas Dancers, oil on canvas, 1908/1920, Kunstmuseum Den Haag
Wassily Kandinsky, Der Blaue Reiter, c.1903