1936
oil
paper
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Untitled is a 1936 oil by Alexej von Jawlensky, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This painting shows bold blocks of color stacked like a building. There’s a yellow top, a red middle, and dark lines in between. The brushstrokes are thick and rough, almost like scratches. The colors don’t mix smoothly—they’re separate and uneven. The artist used paint so thickly it almost stands out from the paper. This technique makes the colors pop and feel textured. Look up impasto to see how this works in other paintings.
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.
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