Wassily Kandinsky was a Russian artist, whose vibrant abstract paintings paved the way for non-objective art. In an effort to break out of the pictorial tradition, Kandinsky often described color as sound, some of his most famous works entitled Using Musical Terminology, including Improvisation 28 (1912) and Composition VII (1913). “Color directly influences the soul. Color is the keyboard, the eyes are hammers, the soul is the piano with many strings “, he wrote in his book” Spiritual in Art (1911). Born on December 4, 1866 in Moscow, Russia, when he studied music and drawing, he chose a career in law as a young man.

It was not until 1896, at the age of 30, that Kandinsky moved to Munich to pursue an education in painting. While at school, he forged relationships with Franz Marc, August Macke, Alexej von Jawlensky and Gabriele Münter. Together, these artists formed the short-lived group Der Blaue Reiter. Due to the outbreak of World War I, Kandinsky returned to Moscow, where he led the defeat of Russia by an avant-garde aesthetic, holding positions at both the University of Moscow and the Institute of Artistic Culture.

After returning to Germany in 1921, Kandinsky began teaching at Walter Gropius’ newly established Bauhaus School in Weimar. The school was closed by the Nazi regime in 1933, and the artist was again forced to flee Germany. He died on December 13, 1944 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. Today, Kandinsky’s works are housed in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Tate Gallery in London, the Georges Pompidou Center in Paris and the Albertina in Vienna, among others.

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