This book is the first study of Anton A_beÕs art school in MunichÕs Schwabing district and its influence on four turn-of-the century East European female painters. The Slovenian-born A_be (1862-1905) was an eccentric artist and teacher who directed an innovative co-educational art school from 1891 until 1905. A_beÕs pedagogical method during these fourteen years focused on three concepts: Linienspiel (Play of Lines), Kugelprizip (Ball Principle) and Kristallisation der Farbe (Crystallization of Color). This triadic model was used to train some of the most gifted artists from Russia, Serbia and other parts of Eastern Europe. This study focuses on A_be and the early work of his female students: Olga Della Vos Kadoskaya (1875-1952), Yelena Makovskaya-Luksch (1878-1967) and Marianne Werefkin (1860-1938) from Russia, and Nade_da Petrovi_ (1873-1915) from Serbia.