Alexei von Jawlensky (1864 - 1941) 1926 Watercolor, \"Madonna and Child\". Signed lower left, dated lower right. Watercolor is unframed, comes with Kleemann Galleries (New York) label that was attached to the broken frame. With inscription verso. Sight size: 4 x 5.5 inches. Provenance: Private Sarasota Florida Collection. In 1896, after studying at the Imperial Art Academy in St. Petersburg, he resigned his commission and set off to study art in Munich with fellow artist Marianne von Werefkin. So began a peripatetic existence in Germany, France, Russia, Italy and Switzerland that ended in 1922 when he finally settled in Wiesbaden, Germany. He met Kandinsky and was greatly influenced by his use of color as form. Jawlensky became affiliated with the German Expressionists. He traveled in Germany and France before World War II. He soaked up the work of the Post-Impressionists and the Fauves, as well as early Picasso and Matisse. He was an important part of an international circle of modernists who collectively changed the face of art in the early 20th century. In 1921, Jawlensky joined with Feininger, Kandinsky and Klee to become the Blue Four.