Wassily Kandinsky
1866-1944
One of the Greatest Painters Of All Time
"The Father Of Abstract Art"
Russian Abstract Expressionist Painter
Artistic Influences - Russian Folk Art,
Art Nouveau,
African Tribal Art,
Franz Marc,
Paul Klee
and
Alexei von
Jawlensky
The Nazis defamed his work as “Entartete Kunst”, and in 1937 removed all of his paintings from public museums. Fearing for his life the artist fled to Paris, where he remained until his death in 1944.
Cause of Death - Cerebrovascular disease
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Wassily Kandinsky Art Quotations
The all-important spark
of inner spiritual life is
at present only a spark. -
Wassily Kandinsky Quote
Color is the keyboard, the
eyes are the harmonies, the
soul is the piano with many
strings. The artist is the
hand that plays, touching
one key or another, to cause
vibrations in the soul -
Wassily Kandinsky Quote
There is no must in art
because art is free. -
Wassily Kandinsky Quote
The more frightening the
world becomes ... the more
art becomes abstract. -
Wassily Kandinsky Quote
All methods are sacred if
they are internally
necessary. All methods are
sins if they are not
justified by internal
necessity. - Wassily
Kandinsky Quote
The
artist is not a 'Sunday
child' for whom everything
immediately succeeds. He
does not have the right to
live without duty. - Wassily
Kandinsky Quote
Every work of art is the
child of its time; often it
is the mother of our
emotions. - Wassily
Kandinsky Quote
Imagination is what allows
your mind discover.- Wassily
Kandinsky Quote
Black is like the silence of
the body after death, the
close of life. - Wassily
Kandinsky Quote
The spirit like the body,
can be strengthened and
developed by frequent
exercise. - Wassily
Kandinsky Quote
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