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Composition VII is a large oil-on-canvas painting Wassily Kandinsky completed in Munich in 1913, now held at the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow. Kandinsky himself considered it the most complex work he ever painted.

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1913 1
Medium
Oil on canvas 1
Location
Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow 1
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Kandinsky painted Composition VII in Munich in 1913 while a founding member of Der Blaue Reiter, the group whose almanac and exhibitions helped define German Expressionism.

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Wikimedia FoundationWassily Kandinsky, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wassily_Kandinsky
Quote, Wassily Kandinsky, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wassily_Kandinsky
the most complex piece he ever painted
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