Wassily Kandinsky ( * 1866 † 1944 )

Artist Wassily Kandinsky

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Wassily Kandinsky was a Russian painter and also a significant and innovative theorist of abstract art. He was born on December 16, 1866, in Moscow and spent his childhood and youth in Odessa. Even as a student, he received painting lessons. After graduating from high school, he studied law and economics, which he completed with a successful doctorate. During this time, early works with a then still "late Impressionist" style emerged.

He came to the profession of artistic work after moving to Munich. There, Kandinsky studied at a private painting school and later became a student of Franz von Stuck at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts. However, as an art teacher and founder of the artist group Phalanx, Kandinsky received so little response that this project was discontinued as early as 1904. During this time in Munich, Kandinsky met his partner Gabriele Münter. Together, they developed as a young artist couple towards expressionist painting, and along with Franz Marc, they formed one of Germany's most important artist associations, "Der Blaue Reiter."

With the outbreak of the First World War, he was forced to return to Moscow. In Russia, he taught for several years at revolutionary art academies. By 1922, Kandinsky returned to Germany due to the Soviet power dynamics and became one of the leading figures and teachers at the first university of design: the BAUHAUS. This era ended abruptly with the closure of the BAUHAUS by the National Socialists.

As an emigrant and later French citizen, Kandinsky found it more challenging to gain recognition as an artist in France, as Cubism and Surrealism were preferred over abstract painting. During the 1930s and 1940s, Kandinsky developed a style known as biomorphic abstraction. He was inspired by organic forms and combined them with soft lines and floating color areas, making his works appear almost musical.

Kandinsky's work is characterized by his deep conviction that art possesses a spiritual dimension. In his famous writing Concerning the Spiritual in Art (1911), he developed his theories on color and form and emphasized the emotional impact of abstract compositions. He was convinced that art should not only depict the visible world but also express inner sounds and moods.

Kandinsky died on December 13, 1944, in Neuilly-sur-Seine, and he never gave up painting, even in his old age.

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