Marianne von Werefkin in her artist quotes on painting & life - free resource, German art history

Marianne von Werefkin in her quotes - the Russian-born woman-artist on painting art & her life in Germany and Italy - free resource for students, pupils, art-lovers and teachers in German art history

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Marianne von Werefkin’s artist quotes express all sides of her feelings; she adores and she despises life. The world of facts bores her, because she is longing for infinity and eternity. Art should therefore express these great dimensions.

Marian Werefkin was born in Russia and left the country with the Russian painter Jawlensky. They got both involved in the German artist group Blaue Reiter / Blue Rider in Munich - it was an important group expressionist artist in Germany. Werefkin was four years Jawlensky’s muse, but moreover she had great theoretical influence in the ‘Blue Rider’ discussions. She created a very expressive and colorful painting art in and around Munich. In 1914 she fled with Jawlensky to Switzerland because of the start of World War 1. After 1918 they parted; Werefkin left for Ascona, Italy and painted there till her death.
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Some selected quotes of woman-artist Marinanne Werefkin - as a short introduction of her extended quotes in the PDF:

• ’I am a woman, I lack every (ability for) creation. I can understand everything and cannot create… .I don’t have the words to express my ideal. ’ - quote of Werefkin, c. 1902, in: ‘Lettres à un Inconnu’, 1901-1905; as cited in ‘Marianne Werefkin’, ed. Grambin: Aviva, 1998

• ’A colossal orange moon rolls as an unbelievable ball against intense blue. The silhouettes of the houses flank this blue on both sides, forming a childishly rigid little frame… - Marianne’s quote of 1905, in: ‘Lettres a un Inconnu’, (Notebook III, p. 120) in ‘Aux sources de l’expressionnisme’, 1999. p. 156

• ’Any art is a concentrated feeling of love elevated to a world view and translated into an artistic language of symbols.’ - her quote, from Marianne Werefkin’s lecture she gave during a regular Art Society meeting, 22 March 1914
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  selection free art-resources on woman-artist Marianne von Werefkin:

  • biographical notes on Marianne von Werefkin, Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marianne_von_Werefkin
  • artist-quotes of ànd about Werefkin, Wikiquote: https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Marianne_von_Werefkin
  • images of the painting art of Werefkin, Wikiart: https://www.wikiart.org/en/marianne-von-werefkin
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    editor: Fons Heijnsbroek / Matrozenhof (FotoDutch on Wikiquote):<br>[http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/User:FotoDutch]