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“I liked Kandinsky’s clean
dimensional drawings, very
geometrical, architectural, with
precise detail, and the balance
of the composition and the line work Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky was a
is very important, he comes across as a Russian painter and art theorist. Kandinsky
perfectionist, not only in his work, but is generally credited as the pioneer of
in his appearance and his success in abstract art.
everything he attempted. It was apparent
that he enjoyed the challenges of discovery, Born in Moscow, Kandinsky spent his
invention and innovation”. childhood in Odessa, where he graduated
at Grekov Odessa Art School. He enrolled
One of the first creators of pure abstraction at the University of Moscow, studying
in modern painting. After successful law and economics. Wassily Wassilyevich
avant-garde exhibitions, he founded the Kandinsky achieved many things in his
influential Munich group Der Blaue Reiter lifetime - including degrees in law and
(the Blue Rider) and began completely economics.
abstract painting. His form evolved from
fluid and organic to geometric and finally He came from a very influential family,
to pictographic. one of his great grandmothers was Princess
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