Murnau
The painting shows a landscape with a large, dark blue mountain in the background. Below the mountain are blocks of color, suggesting fields and structures. The area is filled with colors including yellows, oranges, reds, purples, and greens. The sky above the mountain is painted in a teal color with light pink clouds. The painting features thick brushstrokes, and the shapes lack specific details.
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Details
- Artist
- Alexej von Jawlensky
- Date
- 1910
- Medium
- oil on hardboard
- Dimensions
- overall: 32.9 x 42.3 cm (12 15/16 x 16 5/8 in.) framed: 46.5 x 56.2 x 4.7 cm (18 5/16 x 22 1/8 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 Mr. and Mrs. Ralph F. Colin
Art Genome Taxonomy
8 tags
Subject Matter
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Landscapes Both · 99%
The museum metadata identifies the subject as a landscape, and the image clearly depicts a mountain, fields, sky, and clustered structures.
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Abstract Landscape Visual · 96%
The recognizable mountain landscape is reduced to broad, simplified color zones and block-like forms rather than rendered descriptively.
Visual Qualities
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Bright and Vivid Colors Visual · 98%
Intense yellows, oranges, pinks, purples, greens, teal, and deep blue create strong color contrasts throughout the composition.
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Dense Composition Visual · 88%
The lower half is densely filled with adjoining patches of color and simplified forms, producing a visually full, compact arrangement.
Medium and Techniques
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Large Brushstrokes/Loose Brushwork Both · 99%
The image shows broad, energetic visible strokes, while the museum description specifically notes thick brushstrokes.
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Densely Textured or Haptic Surface Both · 94%
The painted surface visibly contains ridges, swirls, and overlapping impasto-like marks; the museum description also identifies thick brushwork.
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Oil Painting Metadata · 99%
The museum record identifies the medium as oil on hardboard.
Time Periods
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1900 - 1917 Art Metadata · 99%
The museum record dates the work to 1910.
Source & rights
Alexej von Jawlensky. Murnau. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington.
High-resolution sources
- IIIF image service ↗ 7,351 × 5,679 · National Gallery Of Art · Available