Wassily Kandinsky
Nació 4 décembre 1866 Moscou, Russie · Murió 13 décembre 1944 Neuilly-sur-Seine, Seine, France
De Moscow, Russia · Nacionalidad: France, Germany, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Soviet Union, Russian Empire
Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky fue un pintor y teórico del arte ruso que trabajó en Alemania durante las últimas décadas de la Belle Époque y el período de entreguerras. Kandinsky es considerado en general uno de los pioneros de la abstracción en el arte occidental. Nacido en Moscú, comenzó sus estudios de pintura (dibujo del natural, bocetos y anatomía) a los 30 años.
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“Colour is the keyboard, the eyes are the hammer, the soul is the strings.The artist is the hand that plays, touching one key or another, to cause vibrations in the soul.”
Concerning the Spiritual in Art, 1911, p. 17En inglés “The horse carries the rider with power and speed. But the rider controls the horse. Talent carries the artist to great heights with power and speed. But the artist directs his talent.”
Autobiography, 1918, p. 31En inglés “An empty canvas is a living wonder - far lovelier than certain pictures.”
1930s, p. 53En inglés “..the impression of colours strewn over the palette: of colours – alive, waiting, as yet unseen and hidden in their little tubes..”
Autobiography, 1918, p. 9En inglés “At the appointed time, necessities become ripe. That is the time when the Creative Spirit (which one can also designate as the Abstract Spirit) finds an avenue to the soul, later to other souls, and causes a yearning, an inner urge.”
On the Problem of FormEn inglés
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Los libros de Wassily Kandinsky en orden
Los libros de Wassily Kandinsky en el orden en que se publicaron, de Concerning the Spiritual in Art (1912) a Effect of Color (2013).
- 1Concerning the Spiritual in Art
Concerning the Spiritual in Art1912 - 2The Art of Spiritual Harmony
The Art of Spiritual Harmony1914 - 3Wassily KandinskyWassily Kandinsky1933
- 4On the Spiritual in Art
On the Spiritual in Art1946 - 5Sobre Lo Espiritual En El Arte/the Spiritualism Of Art
Sobre Lo Espiritual En El Arte/the Spiritualism Of Art2004 - 6Effect of ColorEffect of Color2013
- 7Concerning the Spiritual in Art and Painting in ParticularConcerning the Spiritual in Art and Painting in Particular
- 8de Lo Espiritual En El Arte
de Lo Espiritual En El Arte - 9Kandinsky
Kandinsky - 10Kandinsky und Gabriele Münter
Kandinsky und Gabriele Münter - 11Kandinsky, Complete Writings on Art
Kandinsky, Complete Writings on Art - 12L'Almanach Du Blaue Reiter: (le Cavalier Bleu) (L'Esprit Et
L'Almanach Du Blaue Reiter: (le Cavalier Bleu) (L'Esprit Et Les Formes) (French Edition) - 13Point and Line to Plane
Point and Line to Plane - 14Punto Y Linea Sobre El Plano
Punto Y Linea Sobre El Plano - 15Sounds
Sounds - 16The Blaue Reiter Almanac
The Blaue Reiter Almanac - 17Watercolors by Kandinsky at the Guggenheim Museum
Watercolors by Kandinsky at the Guggenheim Museum