Famous People with Name Alexej

Alexej Von C            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Alexej Von C: was a Russian expressionist painter active in Germany. He was a member of the New Munich Artist's Association (Neue Künstlervereinigung München), the Blue Rider group (Der Blaue Reiter). He was also a member of the Die Blaue Vier (The Blue Four).

Alexej Cepicka            Origin/Culture/Country: Czech

Alexej Cepicka: was a Czechoslovakian politician.After his return to Kromeríž Cepicka got involved in local administration, dealing brutally, quickly, and effectively with post war chaos. He married the daughter of Klement Gottwald, the leader of the communist party, who

Alexej Georgewitsch Von Jawlensky            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Alexej Georgewitsch Von Jawlensky: was a Russian expressionist painter active in Germany. He was a member of the New Munich Artist's Association (Neue Künstlervereinigung München), Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider) group and later the Die Blaue Vier (The Blue Four).At the age of ten he moved with his family to Moscow. After a few years of military training, he became interested in painting, visiting the Moscow World Exposition c. in 1880.In 1896 he moved to Munich where he studied in the private school of Anton Ažbe. In Munich he met Wassily Kandinsky, and Marianne von Werefkin, other Russian artists and helped form the Neue Künstlervereinigung München. His work in this period was lush and richly coloured, but later moved towards abstraction with a simplified and formulaic style in a search to find the spiritual.