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Wassily Kandinsky
Kandinsky, born in Russia, settled in Munich to become an artist. There he became the center of the expressionist group "Blauer Reiter." He was probably the first to make abstract paintings. Ask us about his life and work here.
178 Questions
What types of lines did kandinsky use?
Geometrical ones. Click link below to see some of them!
Piet Mondrian painted all sorts of paintings, type in Google "The Red Tree by Mondrian" or "The Grey Tree by Mondrian" or "Blooming Apple Tree by Mondrian" and you can see the types of things he painted and how he did.
What condition did kandinsky have?
Synaesthesia which is where all of your senses become mixed up and when you listen to music you think you can see a picture of colours and shapes. Wassily used these images he saw and turned them into art work.
How much did kandinsky sell his paintings for?
His best works from about 1909/1910 are expected to cost around 20 million USD.
Why is Wassily Kandinsky's work relevant to music?
The link between the two is that in some paintings for example Composition VII the lines are going in and moving in ways that could be to do with the tempo and volume of the music and that he listened to the music when he painted
Was wassily kandinsky part of a movement?
He is an abstract artist. But not any old abstract artist a uniquley amazing one. His pictures are unusual but they are fantastic. Kandinsky was Very passionate about his artistic career.
What was Wassily Kandinsky childhood like?
parents divorced when he was five,
raised by moter's sister
and father
What is the chief theme of Kandinsky's Composition VII?
it means that the painting he painted is peaceful
What is a good quote about Kandinsky?
It is generally accepted that Wassily Kandinsky was the first abstract painter and in that, he was very much ahead of his time.
A short and typical quote by Kandinsky himself: "
The artist must train not only his eye, but his soul"
from: "On the Spiritual In Art", Wassily Kandinsky, 1912
More quotes by Kandinsky may be found using the link.
What is the media of Kandinsky's Farbstudie Quadrate?
oil dummy its not hard to find
Why would you write that to a person asking an honest question? I am just shocked at how some people behave when they are hiding behin a computer screen. If you have the answer and would like to be helpful, BE helpful. Calling a stranger "dummy" hen they might have had a bad day (or just because we are all humans trying to live on the same planet w/o killing each other) is a sick thing to do.
OP, I hope you got some good help with your question. I have always liked that particular Kandinsky. I read recently that much of his work then was inspired by music, which i found interesting.
Take a look at the Museum of Modern Art's show on "Inventing Abstract". It says that the Farbstudie (Circles.....) was done in watercolor, gouache and crayon on paper (multimedia). It is also housed in an art gallery in Munich, Germany. Enjoy!
Since he more or less invented non-figurative (abstract) art he revolutionized art of the 20th century.
What was Kandinski's first painting?
Something he did when he studied art in Munich in 1896, impossible to say which painting.
What shapes did Kandinsky use in a lively happy picture?
Kandinsky used modern shapes like triangles or circles to represent something like a picture.
By the way do you go to Todmorden High School?
What famous Bauhaus chair was dedicated to Kandinsky?
The Kandinsky chair which was designed by Marcel Breuer of the Bauhaus school of design.
