Kandinsky

Wassily Kandinsky

• Born Moscow, Russia • December 4, 1866- December 13, 1944.• He took lessons in piano, cello, and

drawing.• He would listen to music and paint the

lines and colors he saw in his head.• Famous for lines, colors, and shapes.

Maryland

Russia

Russian Flag

The Blue Rider, 1903

Munich-Schwabing with the Church of St. Ursula, 1908

Murnau, Dorfstrasse (A Village Street), 1908

St. George and the Dragon (1914-1915)

Reiter (Lyrishes), 1911

Landscape With Two Poplars, 1912

Improvisation 27 (Garden of Love II), 1912

Composition VII, 1913

Composition VIII, 1911

Contrasting Sounds, 1924

Several Circles, 1926

Squares with Concentric Circles, 1913