Warmes Licht (Warm Light)

Date1931

Maker Alexei Jawlensky Russian, 1864 - 1941

Label TextOriginally from Russia, Jawlensky moved to Germany with several colleagues in 1896 to study art at the renowned Munich Art Academy. There he met fellow Russian artist Wassily Kandinsky, who was beginning to develop a language of abstraction based on interpretations of color and sound. Jawlensky became especially celebrated for the abstract heads he painted between 1921 and 1935, increasingly simplifying features such as eyes, nose or mouth into geometric shapes while remaining committed to a bold use of color.

Object number2014.26.3

ProvenanceThe artist; Jawlensky family, by inheritance; to [Dalzell Hatfield Galleries, Los Angeles, California, by Feb. 1967]; purchased from gallery by Sam and Gladys Rubinstein, Seattle, Washington, 1967

Photo CreditPhoto: Nathaniel Willson

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Modern in Europe: Featuring Selections from the Collection of Gladys & Sam Rubinstein, Nov. 5, 2004 - Apr. 17, 2005 Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Paintings and Drawings of the European Avant-Garde: The Rubinstein Bequest, Apr. 23, 2014 - May 16, 2021.

Credit LineGift of Gladys and Sam Rubinstein

Dimensions17 x 13 in. (43.2 x 33 cm)

MediumOil on board