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Wassily Kandinsky

vah-SEE-lee kan-DIN-skee
Also Known As Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky
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Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky was a Russian painter and art theorist, born in Moscow in 1866 and generally credited as one of the pioneers of abstraction in Western art. In 1911 he co-founded Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider) in Munich with Franz Marc, August Macke and Gabriele Munter, a loose group whose almanac and exhibitions helped define German Expressionism before the First World War broke it apart. He died in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, in 1944, five years after taking French citizenship.

Facts
Birth Year
1866 1
Death Year
1944 1
Nationality
Russian; became a French citizen in 1939 1
Birthplace
Moscow, Russia 1
Death Place
Neuilly-sur-Seine, France 1
Active From Year
1896 2
Classification
Gender
Male 1
Connections

Associated With

Der Blaue Reiter, Movements

Wassily Kandinsky co-founded Der Blaue Reiter in Munich in 1911, alongside Franz Marc.

In Movement

Expressionism, Movements

Founding member of Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider), the Munich-based group whose 1911-1912 almanac and exhibitions helped define German Expressionism.

Source Wikipedia
Additional Source Wassily Kandinsky (Wikipedia)Wassily Kandinsky, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wassily_Kandinsky

Practices

Painting, Art Forms
Source Wassily Kandinsky (Wikipedia)

Works Created

Composition VII, Works
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Additional Source Wassily Kandinsky (Wikipedia)Wassily Kandinsky, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wassily_Kandinsky
On White II, Works
Source Auf Weiss II (Sur blanc II) (Wikipedia)
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Nationality

France

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Germany

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Russian Empire

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Soviet Union

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Originated In

Russia

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Sources
1. Wikipedia
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2. Biography.com (A and E Television Networks): Biography.com: Wassily Kandinsky
Biography.com (A and E Television Networks)Biography text
Quote, Biography text
But two events effected his abrupt change of career in 1896: seeing an exhibition of French Impressionists in Moscow the previous year, especially Claude Monet's Haystacks at Giverny , which was his first experience of nonrepresentational art; and then hearing Wagner's Lohengrin at the Bolshoi Theatre.
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Wikidata: Wassily Kandinsky
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Wassily Kandinsky (Wikipedia)
  • Wassily Kandinsky, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wassily_Kandinsky
    generally credited as one of the pioneers of abstraction in Western art
  • Lead section
    Born in Moscow, he began painting studies (life-drawing, sketching, and anatomy) at the age of 30.
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Auf Weiss II (Sur blanc II) (Wikipedia)
Works Created: On White II, lead paragraph
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Auf Weiss II (Sur blanc II), in English: On White II, is a 1923 oil-on-canvas painting by Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky. It was created when the artist was a teacher at the Bauhaus in Weimar. The painting initially hung in the
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