WassilyWassily Kandinsky Kandinsky (1866-1944)(1866-1944)

 

Kandinsky was a Russian painter, whose exploration of abstraction made him one of the most important innovators of modern art.

Around 1913 he began working on paintings that came to be considered the first totally abstract works in modern art; they made no reference to objects of the physical world and were inspired by music.

After World War I (1914-1918), Kandinsky's abstractions became increasinglygeometric in form. Many works were comprised solely of lines, circles, arcs, and other simple geometric shapes.

Kandinsky was one of the most influential artists of his generation. Kandinsky was one of the most influential artists of his generation. As one of the first explorers of "pure“ abstraction, Kandinsky paved As one of the first explorers of "pure“ abstraction, Kandinsky paved the way for abstract expressionism.the way for abstract expressionism.