Wassily Kandinsky

Russian, 1866–1944

Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944) was a Russian painter and art theorist who played a pioneering role in the development of abstraction in Western art. Born in Moscow, he initially studied law and economics before turning to painting at age 30. Kandinsky lived and worked in Germany and later France, teaching at the Bauhaus and becoming a French citizen in 1939. His art was shaped by his fascination with color and its psychological effects, as well as his experiences with Russian folk art.

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144 artworks

A vibrant landscape with a red sun, swirling colors, and three riders on horseback amidst dynamic forms.

Romantic Landscape

Wassily Kandinsky

An abstract composition with bold black diagonals, crimson bursts, and turquoise pools against a grey background.

In Grey

Wassily Kandinsky

A monochrome print featuring a central orb and sharp diagonal lines creating zones of energy and movement.

Small Worlds VI

Wassily Kandinsky

A winding ochre path leads to a fortified town with red roofs under a sky of soft clouds.

Old Town II

Wassily Kandinsky

A divided canvas with a warm yellow side featuring geometric forms and a contrasting black side with red and white lines enclosing a blue circle.

Inner Alliance

Wassily Kandinsky

A vibrant composition dominated by red, featuring circles and black lines that create a dynamic interplay of shapes.

Heavy Red

Wassily Kandinsky

A vibrant abstract composition with bold black lines and dynamic colors representing a park atmosphere.

Impression V (Park)

Wassily Kandinsky

A bold black ring encircles colorful orbs of red, green, yellow, and violet, intersected by sharp black lines against a teal and ochre background.

Circles in a Circle

Wassily Kandinsky

An abstract composition featuring geometric shapes in a pale void, including a red square, blue arc, and golden circle.

Little White

Wassily Kandinsky

An archway at the edge of a green expanse, contrasting with a rose floor and angular colored lines above.

Green Void

Wassily Kandinsky

A vibrant composition of lines and colors, with sweeping arcs and clusters of dots creating a sense of movement.

Study for Small Joys

Wassily Kandinsky

A dynamic composition of colors and lines, featuring electric blue and soft rose amidst black contours and swirling gestures.

Improvisation 21A

Wassily Kandinsky

A swirling composition featuring a loose, glowing ring with floating forms and vibrant colors.

In the Circle

Wassily Kandinsky

A vibrant abstract composition with dynamic forms and contrasting colors, evoking energy and movement.

Improvisation Gorge

Wassily Kandinsky

An energetic composition of lines and forms in black and white, suggesting chaos and order.

Small Worlds VIII

Wassily Kandinsky

A black locomotive crosses a colorful landscape with a distant castle and telegraph poles.

Murnau – View with Railway and Castle

Wassily Kandinsky

A vibrant red shape at the center of the painting, surrounded by dynamic forms and colors in a white field.

Red Spot II

Wassily Kandinsky

A dynamic composition of vibrant colors and forms, with red and blue colliding and swirling across the canvas.

Sketch 3 for Composition VII

Wassily Kandinsky

An abstract composition featuring vibrant red, blue, and green colors with two bold red spots amidst swirling forms.

Composition (Study for Picture with Two Red Spots)

Wassily Kandinsky

A sharp white triangle dominates a deep blue background, accompanied by a small pink square and two greenish crescent shapes.

White Sharpness

Wassily Kandinsky

A vibrant composition of deep blues and reds with jagged black lines and swirling colors, evoking energy and motion.

Fragment 2 for Composition VII

Wassily Kandinsky

A vibrant abstract composition with bold colors and dynamic forms, suggesting movement and emotion.

Improvisation 14

Wassily Kandinsky

A dynamic composition of bold ochre and blue arcs with red lines and a pale angular slab suggesting a tombstone.

Improvisation 18 (with Tombstone)

Wassily Kandinsky

A single black line moves across a pale background, interrupted by colorful bursts of blue, orange, yellow, and green.

Simple

Wassily Kandinsky

A couple on horseback rides through a birch forest, with a luminous city glowing in the background against a deep night sky.

Riding Couple

Wassily Kandinsky

An abstract composition featuring red shapes and a lattice of intersecting lines over a warm ochre background.

Red in Nets

Wassily Kandinsky

An abstract composition featuring a lively clash of geometric shapes and vibrant colors.

Small Worlds V

Wassily Kandinsky

A dynamic composition of intersecting arcs, dots, and shapes in a monochrome palette, evoking energy and exploration.

Small Worlds X

Wassily Kandinsky

A dark figure on a chestnut horse amidst a colorful abstract crowd, with swirling forms and vibrant brushstrokes.

Study for Impression IV (Policeman)

Wassily Kandinsky

A white horse leaps across a dreamlike landscape with a rider in a red cloak against a pale yellow ground and deep blue border.

Study for the Cover of the Blue Rider Almanac

Wassily Kandinsky

A vibrant lithograph featuring a dynamic arrangement of lines and geometric shapes in primary colors.

Lithograph for the Fourth Bauhaus Portfolio

Wassily Kandinsky

A sweeping black line intersects various geometric shapes in a dynamic composition.

Through-Going Line

Wassily Kandinsky

A vibrant scene with figures in a meadow, featuring musicians, women in shawls, and a distant fortress.

Colorful Life

Wassily Kandinsky

A vibrant abstract composition featuring jagged blue lines over fields of yellow and pink, with a dark arc at the center.

Large Study

Wassily Kandinsky

A vibrant abstract composition with dynamic lines and bold colors, suggesting movement and rhythm.

Improvisation 10

Wassily Kandinsky

A vibrant abstract depiction of a rider on a horse, with dynamic brushstrokes in reds, blues, and yellows.

Improvisation 12 (The Rider)

Wassily Kandinsky

$A vibrant abstract composition featuring bold, fractured shapes and colors, suggesting three figures in motion.$

Improvisation 6 (African)

Wassily Kandinsky

A vibrant landscape featuring a church spire amidst swirling colors and dynamic brushwork.

Murnau with Church I

Wassily Kandinsky

A vibrant composition featuring blue and yellow shapes interacting across a field of lines and geometric forms.

One-Two

Wassily Kandinsky

Portrait of Gabriele Münter

Wassily Kandinsky

Rays

Wassily Kandinsky

A central black disc surrounded by colorful lines and shapes on a blue background.

Small Worlds II

Wassily Kandinsky

An abstract composition featuring geometric shapes in vibrant colors, including a yellow triangle and a blue circle against a brown background.

Silent

Wassily Kandinsky

An abstract composition featuring vibrant colors and dynamic forms suggesting movement.

Sketch 160A

Wassily Kandinsky

An abstract composition featuring a dense thicket of black strokes and vibrant colors on a white field.

Small Worlds III

Wassily Kandinsky

An abstract composition featuring dynamic lines, arcs, and colorful shapes radiating from a central black ring.

Small Worlds IV

Wassily Kandinsky

A dynamic composition of angled lines and geometric shapes radiating from a dense core in monochrome.

Small Worlds IX

Wassily Kandinsky

A vibrant composition of circles, grids, and lines in yellow, blue, and black, suggesting movement and rhythm.

Small Worlds VII

Wassily Kandinsky

An abstract composition of lines, arcs, and dots creating a sense of movement and rhythm.

Small Worlds XI

Wassily Kandinsky

A dynamic composition of lines, arcs, and textures creating a sense of movement and tension.

Small Worlds XII

Wassily Kandinsky

A vibrant abstract composition with swirling arcs and bursts of color, showcasing Kandinsky's dynamic brushwork.

Study for Panel for Edwin R. Campbell No. 4

Wassily Kandinsky

Yellow Center

Wassily Kandinsky

11 tableux et 7 poèmes

Wassily Kandinsky

A clash of lines and organic forms with bold black strokes and vibrant colors suggesting energy and fragility.

Watercolour with Seven Strokes

Wassily Kandinsky