Western Artists Gallery (36) -- Kandinsky

Author: DeAgostini Publishing Company [United Kingdom]
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Publication Date: 2001-06-01
Features: Wassily Kandinsky was born in Russia in 1866 and is widely known as the founder of abstract art. In that era, many painters experimented with the abstraction of various forms, but none were as influential as Kandinsky, who articulated his theories and explored abstract forms through numerous writings, especially in "Concerning the Spiritual in Art." Kandinsky was also an extraordinary musician, claiming that he saw colors when he heard music. He wrote, "Color is the keyboard, the eye is the lyre, the soul a piano with many strings; the artist is the one who plays the keys, causing the soul to resonate in the universe." This book includes: The Artist's Life; Abstract Art During War; Styles and Techniques; The Revolutionary in Art; Close-ups of Masterpieces; Selected Sketches from Composition IV (Cossack Soldiers); Selected Works Explained; Improvisation 21a; In Grey; Shock; Towards the Upper; Composition X; World-Famous Museums; Guggenheim Museum