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 (222 results)
Grüner Berg (Kaunas), 1910

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Grüner Berg (Kaunas), 1910

Sale Date: October 19, 2023

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Gespräch, 1909–1912

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Gespräch, 1909–1912

Sale Date: June 16, 2023

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Sängerin, 1907–1908

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Sängerin, 1907–1908

Sale Date: December 1, 2022

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Glasbläserei bei Nacht, 1916

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Glasbläserei bei Nacht, 1916

Sale Date: November 30, 2022

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Andacht (Devotion), 1909

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Andacht (Devotion), 1909

Sale Date: June 30, 2022

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Church in a Mountain Landscape, 1920–1929

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Church in a Mountain Landscape, 1920–1929

Sale Date: June 22, 2022

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Esposizione Isolino, 1925–1930

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Esposizione Isolino, 1925–1930

Sale Date: June 14, 2022

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Precipice, 1923

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Precipice, 1923

Sale Date: June 2, 2022

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La démence/Rivoluzione, 1917–1920

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La démence/Rivoluzione, 1917–1920

Sale Date: May 6, 2022

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La démence/Rivoluzione

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La démence/Rivoluzione

Sale Date: May 6, 2022

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o.T. (Berge am Lago Maggiore bei Ascona), 1917

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o.T. (Berge am Lago Maggiore bei Ascona), 1917

Sale Date: April 30, 2022

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Bahnhof Prerow (Dünenlandschaft), 1911

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Bahnhof Prerow (Dünenlandschaft), 1911

Sale Date: March 23, 2022

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Freitag Abend (Synagoge), 1909–1910

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Freitag Abend (Synagoge), 1909–1910

Sale Date: December 11, 2021

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Schlafzimmer, 1915

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Schlafzimmer, 1915

Sale Date: September 17, 2021

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Burg Aigle, 1915

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Burg Aigle, 1915

Sale Date: September 17, 2021

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Saint Francis and the wolf

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Saint Francis and the wolf

Sale Date: July 2, 2021

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Carnival On the reverse: Horse and carriage..., 1920

Marianne von Werefkin

Carnival On the reverse: Horse and carriage..., 1920

Sale Date: July 2, 2021

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Akt mit Armen hinter dem Kopf. Verso: Akt..., 1909

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Akt mit Armen hinter dem Kopf. Verso: Akt..., 1909

Sale Date: June 18, 2021

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Éclipse de Soleil (Solar Eclipse), 1930

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Éclipse de Soleil (Solar Eclipse), 1930

Sale Date: May 25, 2021

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Wirtschaft vor Gebirgslandschaft

Marianne von Werefkin

Wirtschaft vor Gebirgslandschaft

Sale Date: September 23, 2020

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Akt mit Armen hinter dem Kopf. Verso: Akt..., 1909

Marianne von Werefkin

Akt mit Armen hinter dem Kopf. Verso: Akt..., 1909

Sale Date: June 20, 2020

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Sonnenuntergang, 1929–1934

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Sonnenuntergang, 1929–1934

Sale Date: June 24, 2020

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Der kleine Fischerhafen, 1923

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Der kleine Fischerhafen, 1923

Sale Date: June 19, 2019

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Salle d’attente, 1927

Marianne von Werefkin

Salle d’attente, 1927

Sale Date: June 2, 2018

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