Lot Essay
From 1905 to 1907 Jawlensky visited Paris three times, usually around the time of the Salon d'Automne, and in 1906 ten of his paintings were included in the Russian pavilion of the Salon. In 1905 he met Matisse, and in late 1906 or early 1907, he became close friends with Willibrord Verkade, the painter and monk who had known Gauguin and was a member of the Nabis circle during the 1890s.
At this time Cézanne's work also seems to have had an important influence on Jawlensky. In 1907 Jawlensky made a special trip to Paris with his wife Helene and their five year old son Andreas, to see the late great master's retrospective at the Salon.
In his memoirs, dictated to Lisa Kümmel in 1937, Jawlensky recalled: "at that time I was painting mostly still-lifes because in them I could more easily find myself. I tried in these still-life paintings to go beyond the material objects and express in colour and form the thing which was vibrating within me, and I achieved some good results."
At this time Cézanne's work also seems to have had an important influence on Jawlensky. In 1907 Jawlensky made a special trip to Paris with his wife Helene and their five year old son Andreas, to see the late great master's retrospective at the Salon.
In his memoirs, dictated to Lisa Kümmel in 1937, Jawlensky recalled: "at that time I was painting mostly still-lifes because in them I could more easily find myself. I tried in these still-life paintings to go beyond the material objects and express in colour and form the thing which was vibrating within me, and I achieved some good results."