Kandinsky biography cortallion

Wasily Kandinsky was born on December 4, , in Moscow.

Kandinsky art Still, Kandinsky married his cousin, Anna Chimyakina, in and took up a position on the Moscow Faculty of Law, managing an art-printing works on the side. In Kandinsky and Franz Marc began to make plans for Der Blaue Reiter Almanac, although the publication would not appear until the following year. His belief in the transformative power of art, his commitment to inner necessity and spiritual expression, and his tireless pursuit of new forms and possibilities continue to resonate with artists and audiences alike. Several key works demonstrate Kandinsky's progression towards pure abstraction.

From through he studied law and economics at the University of Moscow, where he lectured after graduation. In he declined a teaching position in order to study art in Munich with Anton Azbe from to and at the Kunstakademie with Franz von Stuck in Kandinsky taught in - 03 at the art school of the Phalanx, a group he cofounded in Munich.

One of his students, Gabriele Münter, would be his companion until In Kandinsky exhibited for the first time with the Berlin Secession and produced his first woodcuts. In and he began his travels in Italy, the Netherlands, and North Africa and his visits to Russia. He showed at the Salon d'Automne in Paris from

In Kandinsky was elected president of the newly founded Neue Künstlervereinigung München (NKVM).

The group's first show took place at Heinrich Thannhauser's Moderne Galerie in Munich in In Kandinsky and Franz Marc began to make plans for Der Blaue Reiter Almanac, although the publication would not appear until the following year.

Kandinsky biography cortallion and associates In this painting, he uses a range of bright, primary colors, such as red, blue, and yellow, as well as more muted tones like green and purple. His teachings and writings, particularly "Concerning the Spiritual in Art" and Point and Line to Plane, became foundational texts for the development of abstract art in the 20th century. By emphasizing the expressive power of color and form, and the importance of the artist's inner necessity, Kandinsky provided a philosophical framework for the development of abstract art that continues to resonate with artists and scholars today. Kandinsky's influence can also be traced in the development of various art movements and styles, such as Abstract Expressionism, Color Field painting, and Op Art.

Kandinsky's On the Spiritual in Art was published in December He and Marc withdrew from the NKVM in that month, and shortly thereafter the Blaue Reiter group's first exhibition was held at the Moderne Galerie. In the second Blaue Reiter show was held at the Galerie Hans Goltz, Munich. Kandinsky's first solo show was held at Der Sturm gallery in Berlin in In one of his works was included in the Armory Show in New York and the Erste deutsche Herbstsalon at the Der Sturm gallery in Berlin.

Kandinsky lived in Russia from to , principally in Moscow, where he held a position at the People's Commissariat of Education.

Kandinsky biography cortallion By emphasizing the expressive power of color and form, and the importance of the artist's inner necessity, Kandinsky provided a philosophical framework for the development of abstract art that continues to resonate with artists and scholars today. Being yet again misunderstood by colleagues, the raging artist led a lonesome life immersing himself in theory and painting gouaches on cardboard pieces. In his family jurisprudence was considered the most suitable career choice, so in Kandinsky returned to Moscow in order to join the Faculty of Law of the University of Moscow. Kandinsky never missed an opportunity to showcase his art in his native Russia and frequently participated in the exhibitions of the Moscow Union of Artists and the Knave Of Diamonds art group, also writing critical articles for some of the artistic magazines such as "Mir Iskusstva" World of Art.

Kandinsky began teaching at the Bauhaus in Weimar in In he was given his first solo show in New York by the Société Anonyme, of which he became vice-president. Lyonel Feininger, Alexej Jawlensky, Kandinsky, and Paul Klee made up the Blaue Vier (Blue Four) group, formed in He moved with the Bauhaus to Dessau in and became a German citizen in The Nazi government closed the Bauhaus in and later that year Kandinsky settled in Neuilly-sur-Seine, near Paris; he acquired French citizenship in Fifty-seven of his works were confiscated by the Nazis in the purge of "degenerate art." Kandinsky died on December 13, , in Neuilly.