Marianne von Werefkin

(Russian, 1860–1938)

Marianne von Werefkin was a Russian artist whose shimmering tempera paintings contributed to the discourse of the Blauer Reiter group. Through self-portraits and landscapes, she conveyed the otherworldly distortion experienced in profound emotional states. “One life is far too little for all the things I feel within myself, and I invent other lives within and outside myself for them,” she once mused. “A whirling crowd of invented beings surrounds me and prevents me from seeing reality. Color bites at my heart.” Born Marianna Wladimirowna Werewkina on September 10, 1860 in Tula, Russian Empire (currently Lithuania), she began taking drawing classes at that age of 14 and was a private student of the renowned realist painter Ilya Repin. In 1892, she met the impoverished artist Alexej von Jawlensky and moved with him to Munich in 1896. Their turbulent relationship was more beneficial to Jawlensky than Werefkin, as she financially supported both of them while he pursued his career. Werefkin went so far as to establish a Salon in Munich for the sake of exhibiting and championing his work. Influenced by the works of Edvard Munch as well as her conversations with Wassily Kandinksy, his lover Gabriele Münter, and Jawlensky, Werefkin probed deeper into expressive uses of color. At the onset of World War I, she and Jawlensky moved to neutral Switzerland, with their troubled relationship ending in 1921. Werefkin died in relative poverty on February 6, 1938 in Ascona, Switzerland. Today, her works are held in the collections of the Lenbachhaus in Munich, the Milwaukee Art Museum, and the Museo Comunale d’Arte Moderna in Ascona, among others.

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Marianne von Werefkin (225 results)
Weihnachtsbaum, 1911

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Weihnachtsbaum, 1911

Sale Date: December 5, 2015

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Helene (mit modischer Japanfrisur), 1909

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Helene (mit modischer Japanfrisur), 1909

Sale Date: December 5, 2015

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Two Ladies, 1908

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Two Ladies, 1908

Sale Date: November 27, 2015

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Two Ladies, 1908

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Two Ladies, 1908

Sale Date: September 25, 2015

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Allerseelen, 1930

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Allerseelen, 1930

Sale Date: June 26, 2015

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Zwei kinder vor litfasssäule

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Zwei kinder vor litfasssäule "grand cirque"..., 1930

Sale Date: June 25, 2015

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In die Nacht hinein, 1910

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In die Nacht hinein, 1910

Sale Date: June 24, 2015

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Haushälterin, 1907

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Haushälterin, 1907

Sale Date: June 10, 2015

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Männliches Portrait, 1907

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Männliches Portrait, 1907

Sale Date: June 10, 2015

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Recto und verso: Skizze

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Recto und verso: Skizze

Sale Date: June 8, 2015

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Two Ladies, 1908

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Two Ladies, 1908

Sale Date: May 19, 2015

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Figurengruppe

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Figurengruppe

Sale Date: April 24, 2015

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Gespräch, 1909–1912

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Gespräch, 1909–1912

Sale Date: April 24, 2015

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Mädchen in rot, 1908

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Mädchen in rot, 1908

Sale Date: April 24, 2015

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Die Fledermäuse, 1920

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Die Fledermäuse, 1920

Sale Date: April 24, 2015

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The Bridge, 1929

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The Bridge, 1929

Sale Date: March 25, 2015

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Two Ladies, 1908

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Two Ladies, 1908

Sale Date: March 25, 2015

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In die Nacht hinein, 1910

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In die Nacht hinein, 1910

Sale Date: November 26, 2014

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Berglandschaft bei Oschwand, 1915–1917

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Berglandschaft bei Oschwand, 1915–1917

Sale Date: November 27, 2014

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Dörfliche Landschaft mit zwei heimkehrenden Frauen

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Dörfliche Landschaft mit zwei heimkehrenden Frauen

Sale Date: November 7, 2014

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Phantastische Nacht, 1917

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Phantastische Nacht, 1917

Sale Date: November 6, 2014

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GOLGATHA, 1910

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GOLGATHA, 1910

Sale Date: September 25, 2014

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Landschaft bei Siena

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Landschaft bei Siena

Sale Date: June 27, 2014

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Mutter mit Kind

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Mutter mit Kind

Sale Date: June 27, 2014

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