Red Path, St. Prex
This painting is an abstract composition of irregular shapes and vibrant colors. The different sections overlap and intersect in shades of green, blue, red, purple, and pink. A blue section in the top left has black dots, and two purple sections towards the bottom have white dots with yellow centers. In the upper center of the painting, there is a section of crossing black lines in a small grid. The paint has been applied unevenly in thick, scribbled lines, and some patches of the white canvas are visible.
Colors in this work
Details
- Artist
- Alexej von Jawlensky
- Date
- 1915
- Medium
- oil on paper on cardboard
- Dimensions
- overall: 27.3 x 36.2 cm (10 3/4 x 14 1/4 in.) framed: 55.3 x 46.4 x 4.8 cm (21 3/4 x 18 1/4 x 1 7/8 in.)
- Department
- CMC
- Holding institution
- National Gallery of Art
- Palette
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- Image provider
- national-gallery-of-art
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- Gift of Benjamin and Lillian Hertzberg
Art Genome Taxonomy
9 tags
Styles and Movements
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Abstract Art Both · 99%
The National Gallery of Art describes the work as an abstract composition, and the image shows overlapping nonrepresentational color passages and marks without identifiable figures or objects.
Visual Qualities
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Bright and Vivid Colors Both · 99%
The metadata describes vibrant colors, and the image visibly presents saturated blue, green, red, pink, purple, turquoise, and yellow passages in strong contrast.
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Dense Composition Visual · 90%
The support is extensively occupied by adjoining and overlapping painted passages, producing a concentrated, visually dense composition.
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Irregular Curvilinear Forms Visual · 88%
Many of the painted passages have rounded, bending, and irregular contours rather than regular geometric boundaries.
Medium and Techniques
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Painting Metadata · 99%
The catalog classifies the object as a painting.
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Oil Painting Metadata · 99%
The catalog explicitly records the medium as oil on paper on cardboard.
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Work on Paper Metadata · 99%
The recorded support is paper mounted on cardboard, placing the work within the catalog’s work-on-paper category.
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Gestural Visual · 95%
Broad scrubbed strokes, uneven paint application, and forceful black marks give the image a visibly gestural surface.
Time Periods
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1900 - 1917 Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog dates the work to 1915, which falls within the 1900–1917 period.
Source & rights
Alexej von Jawlensky. Red Path, St. Prex. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington.
High-resolution sources
- IIIF image service ↗ 3,156 × 4,275 · National Gallery Of Art · Available