WASSILY

KANDINSKY

Wassily
Kandinsky
From Moscow, Russia
Lived from 1866-1944
Learned to play the
piano and cello as a
child
Graduated with a law
degree
Eventually abandoned
his job as a law
professor and turned to
painting

 Entered a prestigious
private art school in
Munich, Germany and then
Munich Academy of Arts

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Autumn Landscape with Boats, 1908

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Winter Landscape, 1909

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Composition VI, 1913

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Composition VII, 1913

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Fugue, 1914

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Improvisation. Gorge, 1914

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In Grey, 1919

About
Kandinskys Art
Kandinsky sought to convey
profound spirituality and the
depth of human emotion through
a universal visual language of
abstract forms and colors that
transcended cultural and physical
boundaries.

About
Kandinskys Art
Kandinsky viewed music as
the most transcendent form
of non-objective art musicians could evoke images
in listeners' minds merely
with sounds. He strove to
produce similarly object-free,
spiritually rich paintings that
alluded to sounds and

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Composition VIII, 1923

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Several Circles, 1926

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Dominant Curve, 1936

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Composition IX, 1936

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Composition X, 1939

"Color is a means
of exerting direct
influence on the
soul."

How does color contribute to the

emotion or atmosphere of this
painting? How does it make you
feel?

"Colour is the key. The eye

is the hammer. The soul is
the piano with its many
chords. The artist is the
hand that, by touching
this or that key, sets the
soul vibrating
automatically."

What do color and

sound have to do with
emotion and the soul?
What do emotion and
soul have to do with
identity?