Wassily Kandinsky
One of the Founders of Modern Abstract Art
Born on December 4, 1866 in Moscow, just 15 years before the birth of Pablo Picasso, Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky’s childhood ambition was to be a musician. Studying law and economics at the Moscow University he took a keen interest in ancient art and folk-art of Russia. This interest kindled his artistic awakening. He came into contact with Cézanne and the Fauves and built up a close relationship with them. The various influences which dominated his artistic vision up to this period gradually diminished and finally he was liberated from them all.
The fascinating thing about Wassily Kandinsky is how seriously and carefully he evolved from figurative painting to abstract art. Kandinsky did not become an abstract painter lightly. He reached abstraction in a strenuous, thoughtful way that gives his art huge authority. Like symphonies, Kandinsky’s great abstract paintings speak directly to our senses and feelings. Their constellations of mysterious marks are like waves of sound that trigger emotions.
Odessa Port_1898
Murnau: Street with Women_1908
Cossacks_1910
Picture with a Black Arch_1912
Squares with Concentric Circles_1913
On White II_1923
Yellow-Red-Blue_1925
Tal faràs, tal trobaràs 
Maravillosa entrada.
¡Saludos, estimado amigo!
Hola, estimada amiga. Hoy, el fundador del arte abstracto. La anécdota cuenta que Kandinsky, un día, llegó después de estar trabajando en un apunte de exterior y vio una pintura apoyada contra la pared de su estudio; una pintura con formas y color pero que carecía de tema reconocible. Se dio cuenta entonces de que era una de sus propias obras apoyada de lado contra la pared, y por eso se «leía» de modo distinto.
¡Qué gusto leerte, Fese! Qué interesante lo que me comentas… Me hace pensar que, en ocasiones, las situaciones de la vida suelen quedar acomodadas de un modo no acostumbrado y nos resulta diferente su lectura. Es ahí cuando uno debe aprender a tener otra perspectiva para hallar la belleza en cada figura que la vida nos presenta… Gracias.
¡Abrazo!