Jawlensky Trail
In Jawlensky's footsteps, to historical places and important stations in the artist's life! The map can be downloaded at the bottom of the page. The nine stops are also described on this page.
"In 1921, I traveled from Ascona to Wiesbaden and arrived there on June 1. My exhibition, which had previously been in Frankfurt, was there. It was a large exhibition of my last works and of my strong pre-war heads. I was very successful in Wiesbaden at the time. I met very nice people there, and that made me decide to take up residence in Wiesbaden. A year later, my family also came here," says Alexej von Jawlensky.
Station 1: June 1, 1921 - Jawlensky's arrival: Wiesbaden Central Station
"They are already expecting me in Wiesbaden," Alexej von Jawlensky wrote to a friend in Zurich on May 31, 1921. The painter, who lived in Switzerland, was still sitting at Badischer Bahnhof in Basel, waiting for the night
the night train to Wiesbaden.
Station 2: Museum Wiesbaden, Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 2
The museum, the city and the artist The fact that the Museum Wiesbaden today has a comprehensive collection of Alexei von Jawlensky's art is not only due to the fact that the artist lived here. Above all, it is thanks to the people of Wiesbaden who dedicated their lives to art and supported Jawlensky's artistic work.
Station 3: Wilhelmstraße 2 to 4
Helene helps out! Schönheitsinstitut Susanne At the end of the 1920s, Jawlensky's painting sales declined noticeably. In order to counteract the financial problems, Helene von Jawlensky trained as a make-up artist in Paris
and opened the "Susanne Beauty Institute" diagonally opposite the Wiesbaden Museum in the summer of 1928.
Station 4: Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wilhelmstraße 15
A traveling exhibition, the Nassauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden and a "Jawlensky craze": after stops in Berlin, Munich, Hamburg, Hanover and Frankfurt, Wiesbaden is the sixth stop of Jawlensky's traveling exhibition in 1921 - and it is by far the most successful. The organizer of this Wiesbaden exhibition in the Neues Museum Wiesbaden was the Nassauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden.
Station 5: Beethovenstraße 9 - Jawlensky's second apartment in Wiesbaden
Alexej von Jawlensky moved to Beethovenstraße with his wife Helene and son Andreas on May 1, 1928, where he lived until his death on March 15, 1941. The proximity to his patron, the art collector and garden enthusiast Heinrich Kirchhoff (1874 to 1934), was probably the decisive factor for the move.
Station 6: Warmer Damm park, Paulinenstraße 15
See and be seen: Strolling in the Warmer Damm park: Between the Old Town, the State Theater and the Museum Mile, the Warmer Damm park has been a place to stroll for over 160 years - an activity that Alexej von Jawlensky also enjoyed.
Station 7: Wiesbaden registry office, Marktstraße 16
Finally united: after numerous stations in his life - from Russia to Munich to Switzerland - Jawlensky found a home in Wiesbaden for the last 20 years of his life. With the marriage of his long-term partner and mother of his son Helene Nesnakomoff, everything that belonged together came together at the Wiesbaden registry office.
Station 8: Jawlenskystraße
Helene Jawlensky alone in Wiesbaden: Alexej von Jawlensky died on March 15, 1941 at Beethovenstraße 9. In February 1945, the family's apartment was bombed. After initial emergency accommodation, Helene Jawlensky was provided with an apartment, initially as a subtenant at Taunusstraße 14, and from September 1953 she lived at Taunusstraße 28.
Station 9: Russian Orthodox Church, Neroberg, Christian-Spielmann-Weg 2
Neroberg: The grave of Alexej and Helene von Jawlensky: Three days after his death on March 15, 1941, Alexej von Jawlensky was buried in the Russian Orthodox cemetery on the Neroberg, "a beautiful spot of earth", as his friend Lisa Kümmel wrote.