Medusa (Jawlensky)
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Medusa (1923) by Alexej von Jawlensky
Medusa (French - La Méduse) or Head of a Woman "Medusa", Light and Shadow (Tête de femme « Méduse », Lumière et Ombre) is a 1923 Expressionist painting by Alexej von Jawlensky. It is now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, which acquired it in 1936. It is an early work by the artist, who had begun to focus on painting the human figure in 1917.[1]
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- ^ "Découvrir les collections | Musée des Beaux Arts". www.mba-lyon.fr. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
Categories:
- 1923 paintings
- Paintings by Alexej von Jawlensky
- Paintings in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon
- Cultural depictions of Medusa
- 20th-century painting stubs