Anales de Historia del Arte

Jawlensky on the meditation’s path

Anales de Historia del Arte May 4, 2020 Francesco Giaveri

The most significative of Jawlensky’s last series, the Meditations, represent high point of stylization and control of colour. From 1934 to 1937, the artist painted several of these modern icons in a very difficult situation, both economically and phisically. They represent a culmination of his oeuvre and his comitment to seriality. Considered as a kind of transcendental meditation, this series...