Wassily Kandinsky

Wassily Kandinsky was a Russian painter from the early 20th century, and is known as a pioneer of abstract painting.

Wassily Kandinsky Biography

Born December 4, 1866 (Julian calendar) in Moscow, Russian Empire (now Moscow, Russian Federation) In 1896, he dropped out of law school and began studying art in Munich In 1911, he produced the abstract painting "Composition IV," which pioneered the horizons of abstract painting In 1914, he formed the artist group "Blue Rider" in Germany Died December 13, 1944 in Neuilly-sur-Seine , France (aged 78)

Representative works

" Composition VII" (1913) "Composition IV" (1911) "Several Circles" (1926)

Kandinsky established his own unique style of painting, gradually moving away from representational figures and landscapes and towards abstraction. Using basic shapes such as straight lines, triangles, and circles, and primary colors such as yellow, blue, and red, he expressed harmony and tension like music.

His representative work, "Uncomprehended," was created purely out of a sense of necessity welling up from within , without any specific meaning or subject . This pursuit of an objectless spirituality became the origin of Abstract Expressionism.

Kandinsky's works emphasize the spirituality that comes from the harmony of color and form, and were also influenced by Cubism and the Russian avant-garde. As one of the most important pioneers of 20th century art, he was an artist who greatly opened up the horizons of abstract painting, and also had a great influence on later generations as an art theorist.