~Marianne von Werefkin
Today's artist was born Marianna Wladimirowna Werewkina on September 10, 1860 in what is currently Lithuania. In 1892, Marianne met someone who wanted to be her protégé and she ended up putting her own work on hold for nearly ten years to help him. When she got back into it, she created these vibrant works:
The Red Tree
by Marianne von Werefkin
The Ragpicker
by Marianne von Werefkin
After the Storm
by Marianne von Werefkin
The Way of the Cross II
by Marianne von Werefkin
The Beer Garden
by Marianne von Werefkin
The Night Shift
by Marianne von Werefkin
One last quote from Marianne, talking about looking at a painting in Berlin:
...Every day my soul sang in response to it stronger and stronger. I was very sick then, and that genius alone reconciled me to my life when there was so much suffering in it. Looking at his creation, at these lines, at these half-tones (remember that shadowed jaw against the background or the column against the dress), at all this charm of the art, at this grand style, I started to want to live again, to see it again and again, to live on by painting and perhaps by painting alone.
von Werefkin's work is indeed vibrant. Her use of color is fantastic...literally and figuratively. My socks have been knocked off, for sure. :-)
ReplyDeleteWow! I stopped by to check out your PF post and got pulled into these marvelous paintings by Marianne von Werefkin. They simply pulse on the "page." I can only imagine how vibrant they must be when viewed in person. Thanks for introducing me to this wonderful artist!
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