Kandinsky: Compositions A Review by Mark Harden Kandinsky: Compositions by Magdalena Dabrowski Published by the Museum of Modern Art 11 West 53 Street New York, NY 10019. $45.00 Wassily Kandinsky was one of the most original and influential artists of the twentieth-century. His inner necessity to express his emotional perceptions led to the development of an abstract style of painting that was ...

Wassily Kandinsky (1866 - 1944) Russian painter, whose exploration of the possibilities of abstraction make him one of the most important innovators in modern art. Both as an artist and as a theorist he played a pivotal role in the development of abstract art. Born in Moscow, December 4, 1866, Kandinsky studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, Germany, from 1896 to 1900. His early ...

Wassily Kandinsky, Improvisation 31 (Sea Battle), 1913, National Gallery of Art, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund The Russian artist Wassily Kandinsky (Pronounced: VAS-AH-LEE KAN-DIN-SKEE) painted this picture in 1913. During this time, Kandinsky's art was very bright and colorful. Try to count the colors you see in this picture. Copyright 2001 National Gallery of Art ...