1864
Born March 13 in Torzhok, Tver Province, Russia
1889
Studies at the Imperial Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg evenings to continue his military career
1905
Shows thirty works in the “Munich Kunstsalon” Krause and is represented with six works at the “Salon d'Automne” in Paris
1909
Co-Founder of the “Neue Künstlervereinigung München” Shows nine paintings in the first exhibition of the „Neue Künstervereinigung“
1914
Member of the „Neue Münchener Secession“
1918
Moves to Ascona, Italy, where he develops his „Abstrakte Köpfe”
1930
Obtains German citizenship
1933
The Nazi Party bans Jawlensky from exhibiting
1937
Many paintings are seized from German museums and are are defamed as “degenerate“
1938
His poor health status forces him to abandon painting completely
1941
Alexej von Jawelensky dies March 14 in Wiesbaden and is buried in a Russian Orthodox Cemetery