Persons
Gabriele Münter
1877 – 1962
Gabriele was born in Berlin, 1877. She was left without a father at age 9, and when she was 22 - without a mother. When she met Kandinsky she had been two years in America in the company of her sister and with the album drawing. They traveled everywhere. Coming back in Germany, Gabriel had not been able to find where to go to learn more - the girls were not taken all the art schools. Finally, in 1902, she received an offer to join the Union of women - artists in Munich... read more
Nina Kandinsky
1893 – 1980
Nina Andreevskaya from early childhood lived in Moscow. His father died young, a girl brought up by a single mother. Nina completed two courses at university - history and philosophy. She always liked painting, poetry, music, but she especially never learned of the art. About the artist Kandinsky, of course, she heard - that time he took an active part in the cultural life of Moscow. Their acquaintance was held in 1916, on the phone. And later Kandinsky confessed to Nina he fell in love with her voice... read moreMarianne von Werefkin (Marianna Verevkina)
1860 – 1938
Marianne von Werefkin was born on September 10, 1860, in Tula. She was the daughter of the commander of the Ekaterinburg regiment. She received her first private lessons in academic drawing at the age of fourteen, and in 1880 she became a student of Ilya Repin in his St. Petersburg workshop. Later, in 1888, she had an accident—she accidentally shot herself in the right arm while hunting,... read moreAlexej von Jawlensky
1864 – 1941
Alexej von Jawlensky was born on March 13, 1864, in Torzhok, Tver Province, and lived in Moscow from the age of ten. He began a military career and became interested in painting at the age of fifteen or sixteen. In 1889, already an officer in the Russian army, he requested a transfer to St. Petersburg, where he could combine military service with his studies, and entered the Academy of Fine Arts.... read moreFranz Marc
1880 – 1916
Franz Marc (February 8, 1880, Munich – March 4, 1916, Battle of Verdun) is a German painter, one of the key figures of the German Expressionism. Marc actively participated in setting up and operation of Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider) circle of artists together with Wassily Kandinsky and August Macke. His father was a professional landscape painter and Franz followed his father’s steps... read moreWalter Gropius
1883 – 1969
Walter Gropius was born on May 18, 1883 in Berlin. In 1903 he began studying to be an architect in Munich, and then continued his education in the capital city. In 1907 he applied for a job at the company of architect Peter Behrens, where he worked with such renowned architects Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Le Corbusier. Three years later, he and his partner Adolf Meyer decided to start their own... read more