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Die Blaue Vier

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Alexei von Jawlensky

Alexei von Jawlensky  

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(b Torzhok, 13 [25] Mar. 1864; d Wiesbaden, 15 Mar. 1941).Russian Expressionist painter, active mainly in Germany. Originally he was an army officer, but in 1906 he resigned his commission and moved ...
Blaue Vier, Die

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The Oxford Dictionary of Art (3 ed.)

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2004
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A group of four painters—Feininger, Jawlensky, Kandinsky, and Klee—formed in 1924 at the instigation of the German art dealer ...

Lyonel Feininger

Lyonel Feininger  

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(b New York, 17 July 1871; d New York, 13 Jan. 1956).American painter who spent most of his career in Europe. He was born into a German-American musical family; in 1887 he moved to Germany with the ...
Wassily Kandinsky

Wassily Kandinsky  

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(1866–1944)Russian-born painter who pioneered abstract painting.It was not until the age of thirty that Kandinsky decided to abandon an academic career that had begun with his appointment as lecturer ...

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