Artwork
Landscape with Red House
Landscape with Red House is an oil painting by Alexej von Jawlensky. It dates from 1911 and is held in the collection of the Hermitage Museum.
About this work
Overview
Landscape with Red House is a 1911 oil painting by Alexej von Jawlensky, a Russian artist associated with the Der Blaue Reiter movement in Germany.
Subject & Meaning
The painting depicts a landscape featuring a bright red house behind a tree with dark trunk and branches, and leaves in bold blues and greens, with a single red leaf.
Technique & Style
Thick, uneven brushstrokes and vivid, clashing colors create a lively, simplified scene. The impasto technique is evident in the textured paint.
History & Provenance
The painting is now held in the State Hermitage Museum collection.
Artist & collection
Artist
Alexej Georgewitsch von Jawlensky (Russian: Алексе́й Гео́ргиевич Явле́нский, romanized: Alekséy Geórgiyevich Yavlénskiy; 13 March 1864 – 15 March 1941), surname also spelt as Yavlensky, was a Russian expressionist painter active in Germany.
