Oberlin College and Conservatory

Event Calendar for Allen Memorial Art Museum

February 23, 2020

Sunday, February 23

Alexej von Jawlensky (Russian, 1864–1941), "Head of a Woman," ca. 1912, oil on composition board. R.T. Miller Jr. Fund, 1955.23

The glowing colors in Alexej von Jawlensky's 1912 painting, Head of a Woman, show the influence of the Fauves, while the heavy, dark outlines recall the work...