Gemeentemuseum Den Haag presents a major Alexej von Jawlensky retrospective

Long before spiritual and esoteric movements like new age and mindfulness became popular in the West, the open-minded Alexej von Jawlensky (1864-1941) combined the best of different religious movements. A Russian by birth, he moved to Munich where he evolved into one of the foremost German Expressionists. Gemeentemuseum Den Haag is presenting Jawlensky’s rich landscape, still-life and portrait work in a major retrospective that emphasises the influence of his modern spiritualism. In collaboration with the Alexej von Jawlensky archive in Switzerland, the museum also explores his love of music and how it inspired him. After graduating from the art academy in 1896 Jawlensky left St. Petersburg to travel through Europe with his patron Marianne von Werefkin – herself a successful painter. Their trip included a visit to the Netherlands. That same year, they settled in Munich, which at the time was the foremost northern