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Who was Wassily Kandinsky and what did he do?
Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky (Russian: Васи́лий Васи́льевич Канди́нский, tr. Vasily Vasilyevich Kandinsky) (16 December [O.S. 4 December] 1866 – 13 December 1944) was a Russian painter and art theorist.
Are there any human figures in Kandinsky’s paintings?
For the most part, however, Kandinsky’s paintings did not feature any human figures; an exception is Sunday, Old Russia (1904), in which Kandinsky recreates a highly colourful (and fanciful) view of peasants and nobles in front of the walls of a town.
When did Wassily Kandinsky start the Neue kunstlervereinigung?
Wassily Kandinsky helped establish the Neue Künstlervereinigung (“New Artists’ Association”) in 1909. Following a disagreement within this group, in 1911 Kandinsky helped found an informally organized rival group called Der Blaue Reiter (“The Blue Rider”) and its successor group, Die Blaue Vier (“The Blue Four”).
Where did Sergei Kandinsky go to art school?
He is credited with painting one of the first recognised purely abstract works. Born in Moscow, Kandinsky spent his childhood in Odessa, where he graduated at Grekov Odessa Art school. He enrolled at the University of Moscow, studying law and economics.
Wassily Kandinsky. Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky (Russian: Васи́лий Васи́льевич Канди́нский, tr. Vasíliy Vasílʹevich Kandínskiy) (16 December [O.S. 4 December] 1866 – 13 December 1944) was a Russian painter and art theorist. Kandinsky is generally credited as the pioneer of abstract art.
Is the color study Kandinsky a full piece of Art?
I am doing something that you don’t seem to have done: realise that a) Kandinsky made this originally for private use so it is to some extent made to be messy and b) it is a colour study not a full piece of art. Maybe you should rethink your mindset. chanya: All of the pictures make me feel joyfull.
When did Wassily Kandinsky’s abstract painting develop?
“There was no any other time when Kandinsky’s painting develop as promptly as during the Munich years”, wrote M.K. Lacoste, “At times it is hard to understand, why at the beginning the founder of abstract painting selected the plots typical for Bidermeierstyle – fans, crinolines, riders.
What did Sergei Kandinsky mean by the word colour?
For Kandinsky, colour meant more than just a visual component of a picture. Colour is its soul. In his books, he described his own perspective on how colours interacted with each other and with the spectator in detail and very poetically.