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    Wassily Kandinsky was a Russian painter born in 1866 who is considered the father of modern abstract art, originally studying law and economics before beginning painting studies at age 30 and going on to create solely abstract, non-representational works inspired by inner beauty and music that broke new ground in modern art.

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    Wassily Kandinsky was a Russian painter born in 1866 who is considered the father of modern abstract art, originally studying law and economics before beginning painting studies at age 30 and going on to create solely abstract, non-representational works inspired by inner beauty and music that broke new ground in modern art.

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    Wassily Kandinsky

    Biography
    • Born the 16, December 1866 died 13,
    December 1944
    • Created the first modern abstract art
    • He originally majored in law and economics
    • Started art at the age of 30
    School
    • He began at the University of Dorpat where
    he started painting studies (life-drawing,
    sketching, and anatomy)
    • Then he studied at the private school of Anton
    Azbe
    • Then the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich
    Art Work
    • He created only abstract work
    • He believed that artwork was created from
    inner beauty
    • He used music to inspire him while he painted
    Other Facts
    • He moved to France and became a French
    citizen
    • His great-grandson is also an artist in New
    York
    • Considered the father of modern art
    Sources
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wassily_Kandins
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