Vasily Kandinsky

1866, Moscow - 1944, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. He studied at Moscow University, then at the School A. Aschbe (1896-98) in Munich. Moscow (1918-21) was a professor at Moscow University and a member of INKhuK, vice-president Rakhno, director of SWC, a professor GSHM. From 1921 he lived in Germany since 1933 in France.

Kandinsky first, in search of "absolute art," made the breakthrough into the world of new non-objective reality, in the region of the subconscious, conceived through intuition. This kind of painting can be defined as abstract expressionism. In their search for the artist has consistently walked through symbolism, Impressionism, Fauvism and, finally, through German Expressionism, Kandinsky in Munich in 1911 brought together artists in the group "Blue Rider".

Kandinsky, followed by the Symbolists, believed the core of music aesthetics. His abstractions he divided into "Impressions", "improvisation" and "composition", considering the last highest form of creativity. His book "On the Spiritual in Art" provides a basis for abstract art in the understanding of the creative process as "self-spirit". His works are in the Tretyakov Gallery and the Pushkin Museum of. A.S. Pushkin, Moscow, RM, and Hermitage, St. Petersburg; Lenbahaus Museum in Munich, the National Center for the Arts and Culture. ZH. Pompidou in Paris, etc.. best museums and private collections worldwide.