Wassily Kandinsky

1866-1944 Wassily Kandinsky Galleries was a Russian painter, printmaker and art theorist. One of the most famous 20th-century artists, 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, 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 1921. 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 the rest of his life, and became a French citizen in 1939. He died at Neuilly-sur-Seine in 1944.
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Wassily Kandinsky the cow. oil


the cow.
Painting ID::  64155 		the cow.
1910 oil on canvas, 37x41,95.5x105cm städtischrie im lenbachhaus, munich
   
   
     
Wassily Kandinsky romantic landscape oil


romantic landscape
Painting ID::  64156 		romantic landscape
1911 oil on canvas, 37x50,94.3x129cm städtische galerie im lenbachhaus, munich
   
   
     
Wassily Kandinsky saint george oil


saint george
Painting ID::  64157 		saint george
1911 oil on canvas, 42x37, 107x95cm the state russian museum, saint petersburg
   
   
     
Wassily Kandinsky composition v. oil


composition v.
Painting ID::  64159 		composition v.
1911 oil on canvas, 74x108, 190x275cm private collection
1911 oil_on_canvas,_74x108,_190x275cm private_collection
   
   
     
Wassily Kandinsky improvisation 26,rowing oil


improvisation 26,rowing
Painting ID::  64160 		improvisation 26,rowing
1912 oilb on canvas, 38x42 ,97x107.5 städtische galeie im lenbachhaus, munich
   
   
     
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     1866-1944 Wassily Kandinsky Galleries was a Russian painter, printmaker and art theorist. One of the most famous 20th-century artists, 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, 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 1921. 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 the rest of his life, and became a French citizen in 1939. He died at Neuilly-sur-Seine in 1944.

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