Wassily Kandinsky
Wassily Kandinsky, Transverse Line, 1923.
“Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky was a Russian painter and art theorist. Kandinsky is generally credited as one of the pioneers of abstraction in western art. Born in Moscow, he spent his childhood in Odessa, where he graduated from Odessa Art School. He enrolled at the University of Moscow, studying law and economics. Wikipedia
Born: December 16, 1866, Moscow, Russia
Died: December 13, 1944, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Periods: Expressionism, Modern art, Der Blaue Reiter, Abstract art
Influenced by: Pablo Picasso, Vincent van Gogh, Henri Matisse, MORE”
