Medusa (Jawlensky)
Medusa (French - La Méduse) or Head of a Woman "Medusa", Light and Shadow (Tête de femme « Méduse », Lumière et Ombre) is a 1923 Expressionist painting by Russian painter Alexej von Jawlensky. It is held in the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, which acquired it in 1936. It is an work by the artist from the time when he began to focus on painting the human figure, in 1917.

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1923 paintings
Paintings by Alexej von Jawlensky
Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon
Cultural depictions of Medusa