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#ArtSaturday Marianna Wladimirowna Werewkina (transliteration Marianna Vladimirovna Verëvkina), sometimes spelled Werefkina or Werefkin, 1860 – 1938
Russian Expressionist painter

Self-Portrait, 1883 pic.twitter.com/a5QtvTlzO5

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W grew up in a wealthy and aristocratic Russian family

Portrait of Vera Ripin, 1881 pic.twitter.com/0pIsJopN0z

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For meritorious service in Crimean War, her father, a general, was granted the family’s large summer estate in Lithuania, where W had her own studio house

Separate Room pic.twitter.com/JolPv5lqMC

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As soon as her parents discovered her artistic talent in 1874, they provided professional instruction for Werefkin

Abandoned, 1907 pic.twitter.com/EDCPxby2pS

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At an early age, Werefkin attracted a great deal of attention for her portraits

Portrait of a Girl in Russian Costume, 1883-88 pic.twitter.com/1msHErrERO

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1880: the most distinguished Realist painter in Russia became her instructor

Autumn, 1907 pic.twitter.com/cLGqlGdZbh

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1888: in a hunting accident, Werefkin shot herself in the right hand, losing at least one finger. She remained crippled in that hand for a lengthy period

Beer Garden, 1907 pic.twitter.com/bWKYaa5jd3

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Because of her persistence, she was eventually able to draw and paint again with her right hand

Boarding School for Girls, 1907 pic.twitter.com/UWwNoR4PDf

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1892: became involved with an impoverished Russian officer, Jawlensky, with whom she had a 27-year relationship

Funeral, 1907 pic.twitter.com/Z1uaArdpx1

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Jawlensky wished to be Werefkin’s protégé, but in 1896, she moved with him to Munich and gave up her own painting for 10 years to concentrate on his career

The Country Road, 1907 pic.twitter.com/5q8a28ajtv

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1907: after a year-long tour of France with Jawlensky, Werefkin finally took up painting again

The Storm, 1907 pic.twitter.com/A0861sn0GA

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Woman with Billiards Table, 1907 pic.twitter.com/pycmhVFvMN

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Though together for 27 years, Werefkin never married Jawlensky, partly due to his infidelities, partly due to the fact that, as a married woman, she would have lost her own generous pension from Czar Nicholas II

Woman with Children, 1907 pic.twitter.com/5dq4CVsjI1

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1908: Werefkin began painting and exhibiting with fellow artists (which included Jawlensky)

Ballroom, 1908 pic.twitter.com/3fgV04rllp

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1902: Jawlensky had an affair with the housekeeper, then raped her 9yo helper Helene, who had a child
Werefkin began keeping a journal, Lettres à un Inconnu, written in the form of letters to herself as “an Unknown”

Conversation, 1908 pic.twitter.com/ahmuxYq5KT

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1908:
Meeting
Sunday Afternoon
Three Women at the Theatre
Garden Party pic.twitter.com/1Thc7317aY

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1909: formed a new artists’ association, continued painting and exhibiting with other artists

Returning Home, 1909 pic.twitter.com/B6UrsG341y

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Autumn Idyll, 1910 pic.twitter.com/nVZLvXaBLK

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Known for her bright colors

1910:
Evening in Murnau
In the Village
Man with Flock of Sheep
Soirée (also, St. Petersburg Ladies) pic.twitter.com/YY59HQGTln

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1910:
Talmud Lesson
Prayer pic.twitter.com/OJt7qZmplv

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Women in Black, 1910 pic.twitter.com/pSabd9847J

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1911:
Baltic Sea
Cliff at Ahrenshoop pic.twitter.com/yNI9H4mHjf

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1911:
Skaters, 2 versions pic.twitter.com/bkGy0e4QkD

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Fruit Harvest in a Mountain Garden, 1912 pic.twitter.com/a4NEpwi8xw

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1913:
Card Players
Church of St Anne, Vilnius
Police Post in Vilna pic.twitter.com/J0gtMX4D2I

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House with a Lantern, 1913 pic.twitter.com/GwDlSUK2Fp

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1914: outbreak of World War I, moved with Jawlensky to Switzerland

Church in St Prex, 1914 pic.twitter.com/UbRFIOpqIx

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Lovers in a Vineyard, 1915 pic.twitter.com/LTOaUtDKYA

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Swirling Snow, 1915 pic.twitter.com/Ztipz3f21l

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Ameisenhaufen, 1916 pic.twitter.com/9fPG4gWH7b

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Doorway with Rainbow, at St Prex, 1916 pic.twitter.com/TgSx8ckxwR

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1917: Russian Revolution, lost generous pension from Czar, became impoverished
Fantastic Night, 1917 pic.twitter.com/pk5tZN9F7r

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1918: Jawlensky refused to support Werefkin, and they separated. She moved alone to Ascona on Lago Maggiore

Snow at Night, 1918 pic.twitter.com/bhUFW2hAFt

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after 1918, friends supported Werefkin financially

Corn Harvest, 1920 pic.twitter.com/a94KPs1xBw

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The Foolish Virgins, 1921 pic.twitter.com/zATTIVP6LQ

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Fantastic Landscape, 1923 pic.twitter.com/PnOuw7KIAb

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The Living and the Dead, 1924 pic.twitter.com/bdKAmsPiPK

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The Mystical Bride, 1924-25 pic.twitter.com/HHGByErTD6

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1925:
The Night Shift
The Family
The Yellow Bush pic.twitter.com/Lce3T8uLbA

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The Pit, 1926 pic.twitter.com/hCLkSKQQRZ

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The Abandoned, 1929 pic.twitter.com/djBSmByCzf

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The Victor, 1930 pic.twitter.com/mhAYN1e5gz

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After the Storm, 1932 pic.twitter.com/HRJhnJFr40

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The Duel, 1933 pic.twitter.com/ApkeDpvXeq

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Werefkin had very difficult financial circumstances the final years of her life; Werefkin lived in a small artists’ colony in Monte Verità until her death in 1938

Self-Portrait at 50 pic.twitter.com/H41EB2dkx0

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