Wassily Kandinsky

At the begging of the 20th century around 1902

Like most artists he was inspired by his life, his environment and his imagination. But most importantly by music. He played the piano from a young age and had a very musical background and this influenced his artwork greatly.

Probably something he painted at Art Academy in Munich, not known any more.

We don't know! It was something he produced while studying art in Munich, now long forgotten and probably not in existence.

Kandinsky thought that colour was more than just colour, that colours had special meanings.

yes he did have formal art training when he was 11 years of age

In 1922, Wassily Kandinsky was associated with abstract art, specifically within the context of the Bauhaus movement. His work during this period emphasized geometric shapes, vibrant colors, and the emotional resonance of forms. Kandinsky sought to express spirituality and inner feelings through abstraction, moving away from representational art towards a more intuitive and non-objective style. This phase highlighted his belief in the connection between art and music, aiming to evoke emotional responses through visual means.

His full name was Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky.

Do you mean he was known under other names? I do not think so.

He used foreshortening to make more realistic pictures or to involve the viewer.

Wassily married his cousin Anna Chimyakina in 1892.

He had a cerebra-vascular disease. He died of a stroke.

All his pieces were done with Oil on either canvas, board, or cardboard and other materials pee

He foumd that paintings can be more beautiful without a realistic subject.

alien space ships

He was raised an Orthodox Christian, but was influenced by Theosophy and various myths.

His book 'Concerning the Spiritual in Art' is not about religion.

music

Wassily Kandinsky began as a law student in Russia, but traveled to Germany and France to study art. He was first inspired by Claude Monet's Haystacks (1890-91), as you can see from his own painting, Landscape with Tower (1909). One day, he came home and saw his Landscape with Tower from a distance. From that distance, he only saw the formalistic qualities of the painting (i.e. color, gestural brush strokes), which inspired him to focus on color and form as stated in his book, Concerning the Spiritual in Art. Moreover, Kandinsky explains in his book that Realism only pleases the audience physically in their eyes, but not spiritually or psychologically. So, he was also inspired by color, form, and music because these three things are purely abstract, and thus, please the mind in a psychological way. Consequently, his art progressed towards non-objectivity, as evidenced by his Black Lines (1913).

The depiction of speed and movement (apex)

From his native Russia he moved to Germany (Munich and Murnau), to , back to Russia, again to Germany (Weimar, Dessau). From there to France (near Paris) where he died. During the first German period he visited Switzerland.

There is no definite answer as to why Kandinsky painted 'Black and Violet.' However, there is a common theory that he had synesthesia. Along with that, he claimed he heard music when painting, so that may have translated to him 'hearing' black and violet leading to creating the painting.

1934

We cannot know who were really his friends (you ask who ARE his friends). For several years he lived with fellow artist Gabriele Münter. Of course he also spent time with the other artists in the expressionist group Der blaue Reiter (Blue Rider): Marc, Macke, Jawlensky, Werefkin und Klee.

Mainly oil paint on canvas. However, his (arguably) most famous piece, "Farbstudie: Quadrate mit konzentirischen Ringen"("Color Study: Squares with Concentric Circles") was in watercolor and gouache, black chalk.

Not even one award