Wassily Kandinsky1866-1944

• Born in Moscow, Russia in 1866.

• Was a lecturer in Law at University,(1895) in Russia but gave up his job to study painting in Munich.

I applied streaks and blobs of colours onto the canvas with a palette knife and made them sing with all the intensity I could

Colour is the keyboard , the eyes are the harmonies, the soul is the piano with many strings. The artist is the hand that plays, touching one key or another, to cause vibrations in the soul.

Wassily Kandinsky

• Kandinsky was very spiritual about his art making.

• He was commented as saying, That his belief in art is based on the harmony of colour and form.

• He believed that every colour had an inner voice and a meaning.

Improvisation 26 (Oars) Oil on canvas, 1912 42.1" x 38.2

Composition VII

Improvisation 31 (Sea Battle)

1913; Oil on canvas, 145 x 119.7cm (57 x 47 in);

Study for Painting with White Lines (Bild mit weissen Linien), 1913. Watercolor, india ink, and pencil on paper, 15 11/16 x 14 1/8 inches

To The Unknown Voice

Wassily Kandinsky, Several Circles, oil on canvas, 1926.

Composition VIII 1923

Wassily Kandinsky, Composition X, oil on canvas, 1939.

1. Contrasting Sounds

1924

CHOOSE A PAINTING TO CREATE A WEB!1, 2, 3, or 4 …..

2. Wassily Kandinsky, Softened Construction, oil on canvas, 1927.

3. Wassily Kandinsky, Watercolor after Painting with White Border (Moscow), 1915. Watercolor, India ink, and pencil on paper, 5 1/16 x 13 1/4 in.

Wassily Kandinsky Thin Soul. 1925 Watercolor, ballpoint pen, ink. 35 x 22.6