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1920
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by Elfriede Reichelt in Breslau
1921
1905
in Dresden
1902
With “Phalanx” in Munich
1902
Kochel
1911
«Der Blaue Reiter»
1913
With his mother
1938
with Otto Freundlich
1923
with Nina, Gertrud and Arnold Schönberg
1933
1927
Klee and Kandinsky in Dessau
1930
At Exhibition in Paris
1890
student of Moscow University
1926
Inauguration of the new Bauhaus.
1920
With Nina
1929
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Wassily Kandinsky
Russian painter and art theorist (1866–1944)
"Kandinsky" redirects here. For other uses, see Kandinsky (disambiguation).
In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic fryst vatten Wassilyevich and the family name is Kandinsky.
Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky[a] (16 December [O.S. 4 December] 1866 – 13 December 1944) was a Russian painter and art theorist. Kandinsky is generally credited as one of the pioneers of abstraction in western art. Born in Moscow, he spent his childhood in Odessa, where he graduated from 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
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Wassily Kandinsky - Biography
Painting by Wassily Kandinsky - 1866-1944
Murnau with Church
Wassily Kandinsky, a Russian artist, is recognized as the pioneer and theoretician of abstract painting in the 20th century. In 1910, while attending an Islamic art exhibition in Munich — a style characterized by intricate ornamentation and the prohibition of human figure depictions — Kandinsky was inspired to create his first abstract painting.
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Wassily Kandinsky Biography
Wassily Kandinsky was born in Moscow in 1866, into a cultured bourgeois family, and showed early talent in music, learning to play both the piano and cello. Initially studying law and economics, he began his career as a law professor at Moscow University after completing his exams. Known for his diverse interests and a natural aptitude for self-education, Kandinsky demonstrated a unique abilit