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Wassily Kandinsky

Born

in Moscow, Russian Federation

December 04, 1866

Died

December 13, 1944

Genre

Arts & Photography

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Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky was a Russian painter, and Art theorist. He is credited with painting the first modern abstract works.
Born in Moscow, Kandinsky spent his childhood in Odessa. He enrolled at the University of Moscow and chose to study law and economics. Quite successful in his profession—he was offered a professorship (chair of Roman Law) at the University of Dorpat—he started painting studies (life-drawing, sketching and anatomy) at the age of 30.
In 1896 he settled in Munich and studied first in the private school of Anton Azbe and then at the Academy Of Fine Arts in Munich. He went back to Moscow in 1914 after World War I started. He was unsympathetic to the official theories on art in Moscow and returned to Germany in 192 ...more

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	Concerning the Spiritual in Art by Wassily Kandinsky, M.T.H. Sadler 3.83 avg rating — 92,339 ratings — published 1912 — 260 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Point and Line to Plane 3.91 avg rating — 1,693 ratings — published 1926 — 49 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sounds by Wassily Kandinsky, Elizabeth R. Napier (Translator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 239 ratings — published 1912 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kandinsky (DK Art Book) 3.87 avg rating — 85 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vasily Kandinsky: Around the Circle by Wassily Kandinsky (Artist), Mark Antliff (Contributor), Patricia Leighten (Contributor) 4.40 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 2021	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Delphi Works of Wassily Kandinsky US (Illustrated) (Masters of Art Book 12) 4.18 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Art of Spiritual Harmony 4.09 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 2004 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wassily Kandinsky (Prestel Postcards Books) 4.13 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2004 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Точка и линия на плоскости. О духовном в искусстве by Wassily Kandinsky, Василий Кандинский 3.82 avg rating — 33 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sguardi sul passato by Wassily Kandinsky, Milena Milani (Editor) 3.94 avg rating — 31 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Colour is a power which directly influences the soul.”
― Wassily Kandinsky , Concerning the Spiritual in Art

tags: abstraction, art, paintings, science

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“Color directly influences the soul. Color is the keyboard, the eyes are the hammers, the soul is the piano with many strings. The artist is the hand that plays, touching one key or another purposively, to cause vibrations in the soul.”
― Wassily Kandinsky, Concerning the Spiritual in Art

tags: aesthetics, artist, color, music, soul

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“The artist must train not only his eye but also his soul.”
― Wassily Kandinsky

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