Wassily Kandinsky
Born 4 décembre 1866 Moscou, Russie · Died 13 décembre 1944 Neuilly-sur-Seine, Seine, France
From Moscow, Russia · Nationality: France, Germany, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Soviet Union, Russian Empire
Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky was a Russian painter and art theorist active in Germany during the late Belle Époque and Interwar eras. Kandinsky is generally credited as one of the pioneers of abstraction in Western art. Born in Moscow, he began painting studies (life-drawing, sketching and anatomy) at the age of 30.
Quotes
“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. 17 “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. 31 “An empty canvas is a living wonder - far lovelier than certain pictures.”
1930s, p. 53 “..the impression of colours strewn over the palette: of colours – alive, waiting, as yet unseen and hidden in their little tubes..”
Autobiography, 1918, p. 9 “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 Form
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Books by Wassily Kandinsky in order
Books by Wassily Kandinsky in the order they were published, from Concerning the Spiritual in Art (1912) to 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 - 5Effect of ColorEffect of Color2013
- 6Concerning the Spiritual in Art and Painting in ParticularConcerning the Spiritual in Art and Painting in Particular
- 7Kandinsky
Kandinsky - 8Kandinsky, Complete Writings on Art
Kandinsky, Complete Writings on Art - 9L'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) - 10Point and Line to Plane
Point and Line to Plane - 11Sounds
Sounds - 12The Blaue Reiter Almanac
The Blaue Reiter Almanac - 13Wassily Kandinsky and Gabriele Münter
Wassily Kandinsky and Gabriele Münter - 14Watercolors by Kandinsky at the Guggenheim Museum
Watercolors by Kandinsky at the Guggenheim Museum