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Kandinsky
Kandinsky - The founder of abstract art
The Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944), who later lived in Germany and France, is one of the pioneers of twentieth-century art. Nowadays he is regarded as the founder of abstract art and is, moreover, the chief theoretician of this type of painting.
Together with Franz Marc and others he founded the group of artists known as the "Blauer Reiter" in Munich. His art then freed itself more and more from the object, eventually culminating in the "First Abstract Watercolour" of 1910.
In his theoretical writings Kandinsky repeatedly sought the proximity of music; and just as in music, where the individual notes constitute the medium whose effect stems from harmony and euphony, Kandinsky was aiming for a pure concord of colour through the interplay of various shades. Gauguin had demanded that everything "must be sacrificed to pure colours". Kandinsky was the first to realise this and thus to influence a whole range of artists.
About the Series:
Every book in TASCHEN's Basic Art Series features:
- a detailed chronological summary of the artist's life and work, covering the cultural and historical importance of the artist
- approximately 100 color illustrations with explanatory captions
- a concise biography
About the author:
Hajo Düchting, a painter, writer, editor, and art historian, holds professorships in the history of modern art at the Universities of Leipzig and Munich. He has supplemented Erben’s text with a chapter on Miró’s later life as well as numerous interpretations of a selected number of works.
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Kandinsky
Düchting, Dr. Hajo
Softcover, flaps 7.3 x 9.1 in., 96 pages, $ 9.99 |
- Events (3 items)
Exhibition
100 Jahre Kandinsky - Jawlensky - Werefkin
June 07, 2008 - September 14, 2008
Seidlstrasse 4 Galerie & Cantina, Seidlstr. 4, 82418 Murnau a.St. Tel.: +49-8841 625811, Germany
100 Jahre Kandinsky - Jawlensky - Werefkin
June 07, 2008 - September 14, 2008
Seidlstrasse 4 Galerie & Cantina, Seidlstr. 4, 82418 Murnau a.St. Tel.: +49-8841 625811, Germany
- Reviews (1 items)
"Dieses Buch dokumentiert in verständlichem und informativem Text und hervorragender Bildreproduktion das Werk Kandinskys in einem überaus attraktiven Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis."
Lehrerbibliothek, München, Germany
Lehrerbibliothek, München, Germany
- Clippings (1 items)
Wassily Kandinsky 1866-1944: A Revolution in Painting
Art Commerce Journal, United Kingdom, April 01, 2007
Art Commerce Journal, United Kingdom, April 01, 2007
- See also (12 items)
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