KANDINSKYKANDINSKY

““I applied streaks and blobs of I applied streaks and blobs of colors onto the canvas with a colors onto the canvas with a palette knife and I made them palette knife and I made them

sing with all the intensity I sing with all the intensity I could…”could…”

- Kandinsky was Born in Kandinsky was Born in Moscow, Russia Dec. Moscow, Russia Dec. 44thth, 1886, 1886

- He studied art in He studied art in MunichMunich

- He lived in Germany He lived in Germany until the 1930s when until the 1930s when he then moved to he then moved to FranceFrance

- He devoted a lot of his He devoted a lot of his time to the relationship time to the relationship between art and music.between art and music.

- He gave many of his He gave many of his paintings music-related paintings music-related names such as names such as ImprovisationImprovisation and and CompositionComposition..

Blue MountainBlue Mountain, 1908-09, 1908-09

Autumn in BavariaAutumn in Bavaria, 1908, 1908

After looking at one of his paintings resting on its After looking at one of his paintings resting on its side, he discovered that colors and shapes can side, he discovered that colors and shapes can stand on their own as subjects of art.stand on their own as subjects of art.

As a result, he was arguably the first artist to As a result, he was arguably the first artist to abandon recognizable reality and paint abstract abandon recognizable reality and paint abstract canvasescanvases

Study of Color- Squares with Concentric Circles, 1913

ColorColorKandinsky practiced his art.Kandinsky practiced his art.

He learned what different colors do when He learned what different colors do when they were placed beside each other.they were placed beside each other.

He used:He used:– Primary colorsPrimary colors– Secondary colorsSecondary colors– Analogous and complementary colorsAnalogous and complementary colors– He used values (tints and shades)He used values (tints and shades)

Then he studied RYTHYM and MOVEMENTThen he studied RYTHYM and MOVEMENT

Rhythm and MovementRhythm and MovementRhythm is created by repeated shapes and/or lines.Rhythm is created by repeated shapes and/or lines.Visual movement occurs when the eye is pulled through a work by a rhythm Visual movement occurs when the eye is pulled through a work by a rhythm of beats and rests. of beats and rests. The beats of the rhythm can be shapes, colors, lines, or textures, as well as The beats of the rhythm can be shapes, colors, lines, or textures, as well as objects such as people or treesobjects such as people or treesKandinsky used rhythm in his paintings to create visual movement.Kandinsky used rhythm in his paintings to create visual movement.What types of lines and shapes do you see? What colors do you see?What types of lines and shapes do you see? What colors do you see?Explain how Kandinsky created rhythm in the paintings.Explain how Kandinsky created rhythm in the paintings.

Composition VIII, 1923

Rhythm —a feeling of movement created by using the same time types of lines, shapes, or colors several times in a work of art.

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Visual rhythm —rhythm in art that is visible and is created by repetition.

Visual Movement —a sense of movement created by the use of repeated lines, shapes, and colors.

Nonobjective painting —a painting that contains no recognizable subject matter.