It is believed that this remarkable woman foresaw the main directions of development of art of the twentieth century. In 1903, she wrote: "Color has intrinsic value ... Color determines the shape ... The brighter impression, the less possible form. Note, this was long before the appearance of merit of the ideas of Kandinsky, Larionov and Malevich.
Her paintings have been limited opportunities for those high ideas of what it sets out in his diaries, but it has the strongest impact on the artistic life of Munich, there was no significant artist, writer or musician, who did not attend to her salon, and they all noted her brilliant intellect and invincibility in the discussions.
Later, she regretted that she could not "squeeze out" of Yavlensky everything that was planned, it is too much attention was given to his new family at the expense of art. It would be very interesting to see what else could "give" genius Yavlensky under her leadership, not take it when leaving Peterburg, this maid ...
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