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)
Heiliger Franziskus und Wolf

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Heiliger Franziskus und Wolf

Sale Date: June 27, 2014

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Tulpenstrauss in weisser Vase, 1930

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Tulpenstrauss in weisser Vase, 1930

Sale Date: June 19, 2014

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Mönch in einem italienischen Klosterhof am..., 1925

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Mönch in einem italienischen Klosterhof am..., 1925

Sale Date: June 19, 2014

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Café in Saint-Prex, 1915–1916

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Café in Saint-Prex, 1915–1916

Sale Date: June 19, 2014

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Unterführung am Bahnhof von Saint-Prex, 1915–1916

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Unterführung am Bahnhof von Saint-Prex, 1915–1916

Sale Date: June 19, 2014

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In die Nacht hinein, 1910

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In die Nacht hinein, 1910

Sale Date: June 4, 2014

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Due monaci

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Due monaci

Sale Date: June 2, 2014

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Tessiner Landschaft (chi sono io)

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Tessiner Landschaft (chi sono io)

Sale Date: June 2, 2014

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Nachtelijke stad met Gasthaus, 1880

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Nachtelijke stad met Gasthaus, 1880

Sale Date: May 21, 2014

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A l'Aube, 1914–1917

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A l'Aube, 1914–1917

Sale Date: November 28, 2013

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In die Nacht hinein, 1910

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In die Nacht hinein, 1910

Sale Date: June 19, 2013

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Bahnhof Prerow (Dünenlandschaft), 1911

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Bahnhof Prerow (Dünenlandschaft), 1911

Sale Date: June 19, 2013

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Schnee über Nacht, 1918

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Schnee über Nacht, 1918

Sale Date: June 19, 2013

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Ameisenhaufen, 1916

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Ameisenhaufen, 1916

Sale Date: June 19, 2013

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Two Women in a Street Café

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Two Women in a Street Café

Sale Date: June 5, 2013

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Die Brücke, 1929

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Die Brücke, 1929

Sale Date: June 14, 2013

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Burg am Mittelmeer - Aus Italien, 1925–1932

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Burg am Mittelmeer - Aus Italien, 1925–1932

Sale Date: June 14, 2013

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Jugend und Alter, 1909

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Jugend und Alter, 1909

Sale Date: June 1, 2013

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25 sketch sheets (25 works)

Marianne von Werefkin

25 sketch sheets (25 works)

Sale Date: November 28, 2012

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Two Women in a Street Café

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Two Women in a Street Café

Sale Date: May 30, 2012

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Nighttime Fishing in Ascona

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Nighttime Fishing in Ascona

Sale Date: May 27, 2012

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Klostergarten, 1926

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Klostergarten, 1926

Sale Date: November 25, 2011

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Apell vor einer Kanone, Kowno (Litauen)..., 1909

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Apell vor einer Kanone, Kowno (Litauen)..., 1909

Sale Date: October 28, 2011

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Akrobaten, 1925

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Akrobaten, 1925

Sale Date: June 8, 2011

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