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Wassily Kandinsky (first name sometimes spelled as "Vasily," "Vassily" or "Vasilii) ( December 16, 1866 - December 13, 1944) was a painter and art theorist.He was born in Moscow but spent his childhood in Odesa. He enrolled at the University of Moscow and chose law and economics. He started painting studies (life-drawing, sketching and anatomy) in 1896 in Munich and went back to Moscow in 1918 after the Russian Revolution. Being in conflict with official theories on art, he returned to Germany in 1921. There he was a teacher at the BauhausAlternate use: There is also a British rock band named Bauhaus. Bauhaus is the common term for the Staatliches Bauhaus an art and architecture school in Germany that operated from 1919 to 1933, and for the approach to design that it developed and taught. from 1922Events January 7 Dali Eireann ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by 64-57 votes. January 10 Arthur Griffith is elected President of Dail Eireann January 11 First successful insulin treatment of diabetes. January 12 British government releases Irish prisoners until it was closed by the Nazis in 1933Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s Years: 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 See also 1933 in aviation 1933 in film 1933 in literature 1933 in mu. At that time he moved to FranceThe French Republic or France ( French: Republique francaise or France is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents.. He lived the rest of his life there, becoming a French citizen in 1939Events January-June January 2 End of term for Frank Finley Merriam, 28th Governor of California. He is succeeded by Culbert Levy Olson. January 24 Earthquake kills 30. 000 in Chile about 50. 000 sq mi razed January 26 Falangists take Barcelona January 26. He died at Neuilly-sur-SeineNeuilly-sur-Seine is a commune in the Hauts-de-Seine departement in France. Population (1999): 60,364. Neuilly is an expensive suburb of Paris; it comprises mostly select residential neighbourhoods and also hosts the headquarters of many corporations. in 1944.
Along with Piet Mondriaan and Kazimir Malevich, he is considered a pioneer in abstract art, undoubtedly the most famous. He co-founded the short-lived but influential art group " Der Blaue Reiter". Paintings by Kandinsky have sold for as much as US$15 million. One of the largest collection of Kandinsky paintings is owned by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Kandinsky was a synaesthete who could, quite literally, hear colors. This effect of color was a major influence on his art, and he even named some of his paintings "improvisations" and "compositions" as if they were works of music and not painting.
1 Artistic Periods
Kandinsky's development of purely abstract work did not arrive as an abrupt change.
Artistic scholar Hajo Duechting has divided Kandinsky's artistic development into six periods:
Kandinsky biographer Messer divides his art into three periods:
- Early Period: approximately 1900 to 1914
- Middle Period: from the early 1920s until the early 1930s
- Late Period: from the 1930s until 1944.
