Wassily Kandinsky
16 December 1866 – 13 December 1944
Wassily Kandinsky was a Russian painter and art theorist widely credited as a pioneer of abstract art. His theoretical writings and his teaching at the Bauhaus profoundly shaped 20th-century modern art.
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Life events
Wassily Kandinsky was born in Moscow into a well-off family.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe initially pursued an academic and legal career before turning to art.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgAt age 30 he abandoned a teaching position to study art in Munich.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHis influential treatise argued for art's spiritual and abstract dimensions.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe founded the Blue Rider group with Franz Marc, a key expressionist movement.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe joined the Bauhaus in Weimar as a master and taught there for over a decade.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHis second major theoretical work explored the elements of abstract composition.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgAfter the Nazis closed the Bauhaus, he moved to Neuilly-sur-Seine near Paris.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgWassily Kandinsky died near Paris at the age of 77.
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