Wassily Kandinsky

Russian, 1866 - 1944

Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky was a Russian painter and art theorist. Kandinsky is generally credited as the pioneer of abstract art. Born in Moscow, Kandinsky spent his childhood in Odessa (today Ukraine), where he graduated at Grekov Odessa Art school. He enrolled at the University of Moscow, studying law and economics. Successful in his profession—he was offered a professorship (chair of Roman Law) at the University of Dorpat (today Tartu, Estonia)—Kandinsky began painting studies (life-drawing, sketching and anatomy) at the age of 30.

In 1896, Kandinsky settled in Munich, studying first at Anton Ažbe's private school and then at the Academy of Fine Arts. He returned to Moscow in 1914, after the outbreak of World War I. Following the Russian Revolution, Kandinsky "became an insider in the cultural administration of Anatoly Lunacharsky" and helped establish the Museum of the Culture of Painting. However, by then "his spiritual outlook... was foreign to the argumentative materialism of Soviet society", and opportunities beckoned in Germany, to which he returned in 1920. There he taught at the Bauhaus school of art and architecture from 1922 until the Nazis closed it in 1933. He then moved to France, where he lived for the rest of his life, becoming a French citizen in 1939 and producing some of his most prominent art. He died in Neuilly-sur-Seine in 1944.

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Eckig (Angular)

Eckig (Angular) (1931)

Wassily Kandinsky (Russian, 1866 - 1944)

Klänge Pl.04

Klänge Pl.04 (1913)

Wassily Kandinsky (Russian, 1866 - 1944)

Klänge Pl.03

Klänge Pl.03 (1913)

Wassily Kandinsky (Russian, 1866 - 1944)

Berührung (Contact)

Berührung (Contact) (1924)

Wassily Kandinsky (Russian, 1866 - 1944)

Klänge Pl.02

Klänge Pl.02 (1913)

Wassily Kandinsky (Russian, 1866 - 1944)

Aquarell Nr. 8 ‘Jüngster Tag’

Aquarell Nr. 8 ‘Jüngster Tag’ (1911)

Wassily Kandinsky (Russian, 1866 - 1944)

Arab cavalry

Arab cavalry (1905)

Wassily Kandinsky (Russian, 1866 - 1944)

Color studies with information on painting technique

Color studies with information on painting technique (1913)

Wassily Kandinsky (Russian, 1866 - 1944)

Composition in red, blue, green and yellow

Composition in red, blue, green and yellow (1913)

Wassily Kandinsky (Russian, 1866 - 1944)

Design for an etching

Design for an etching (1913)

Wassily Kandinsky (Russian, 1866 - 1944)

Design for the color woodcut ‘Archer’

Design for the color woodcut ‘Archer’ (1910)

Wassily Kandinsky (Russian, 1866 - 1944)

Design for the cover of the almanac ‘The Blue Rider’ II

Design for the cover of the almanac ‘The Blue Rider’ II (1911)

Wassily Kandinsky (Russian, 1866 - 1944)

Design for the cover of the almanac ‘The Blue Rider’ III

Design for the cover of the almanac ‘The Blue Rider’ III (1911)

Wassily Kandinsky (Russian, 1866 - 1944)

Design for the cover of the almanac ‘The Blue Rider’ IV

Design for the cover of the almanac ‘The Blue Rider’ IV (1911)

Wassily Kandinsky (Russian, 1866 - 1944)

Design for the cover of the almanac ‘The Blue Rider’ VI

Design for the cover of the almanac ‘The Blue Rider’ VI (1911)

Wassily Kandinsky (Russian, 1866 - 1944)

Design for the cover of the almanac ‘The Blue Rider’ VII

Design for the cover of the almanac ‘The Blue Rider’ VII (1911)

Wassily Kandinsky (Russian, 1866 - 1944)

Design for the cover of the almanac ‘The Blue Rider’ VIII

Design for the cover of the almanac ‘The Blue Rider’ VIII (1911)

Wassily Kandinsky (Russian, 1866 - 1944)

Design for the cover of the almanac ‘The Blue Rider’ VIIII

Design for the cover of the almanac ‘The Blue Rider’ VIIII (1911)

Wassily Kandinsky (Russian, 1866 - 1944)

Design for the cover of the almanac ‘The Blue Rider’

Design for the cover of the almanac ‘The Blue Rider’ (1911)

Wassily Kandinsky (Russian, 1866 - 1944)

Design for the cover of the almanac ‘The Blue Rider’

Design for the cover of the almanac ‘The Blue Rider’ (1911)

Wassily Kandinsky (Russian, 1866 - 1944)

Draft for ‘All Saints II (composition with saints)’

Draft for ‘All Saints II (composition with saints)’ (1911)

Wassily Kandinsky (Russian, 1866 - 1944)

Draft for ‘Composition VII’ II

Draft for ‘Composition VII’ II (1913)

Wassily Kandinsky (Russian, 1866 - 1944)

Draft for ‘Picture with a white border’ iv

Draft for ‘Picture with a white border’ iv (1913)

Wassily Kandinsky (Russian, 1866 - 1944)

Draft for ‘Picture with a white border’

Draft for ‘Picture with a white border’ (1913)

Wassily Kandinsky (Russian, 1866 - 1944)

draft for ‘Träumerische Improvisation’

draft for ‘Träumerische Improvisation’ (1913)

Wassily Kandinsky (Russian, 1866 - 1944)

Drawing after ‘Blauer Fleck

Drawing after ‘Blauer Fleck (1913)

Wassily Kandinsky (Russian, 1866 - 1944)

Drawing for ‘Bild auf hellem Grund’

Drawing for ‘Bild auf hellem Grund’ (1916)

Wassily Kandinsky (Russian, 1866 - 1944)

Entwurf zu einem Wandbild für Edwin R. Campbell Nr. 1

Entwurf zu einem Wandbild für Edwin R. Campbell Nr. 1 (1914)

Wassily Kandinsky (Russian, 1866 - 1944)

Entwurf zu einem Wandbild für Edwin R. Campbell

Entwurf zu einem Wandbild für Edwin R. Campbell (1914)

Wassily Kandinsky (Russian, 1866 - 1944)

Farbstudie mit Rauten

Farbstudie mit Rauten (1913)

Wassily Kandinsky (Russian, 1866 - 1944)

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