For more biographical notes see part 1. For earlier works see parts 1 and 2. This is part 3 of a 4-part post on the works of Wassily Kandinsky. The works are shown in chronological order:
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| 1915-16 Untitled watercolour and ink 47 x 63.5 cm © 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris |
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| 1916 Drawing for Etching II pen and ink 24.8 x 19 cm © 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris |
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| 1916 Moscow I oil on canvas © 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris |
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| 1917 Blue Crest © 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris |
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| 1917 Dusk © 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris |
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| 1917 Improvisation 209 © 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris |
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| 1917 Overcast oil on canvas 105 x 134 cm © 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris |
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| 1919 In Grey oil on canvas © 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris |
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| 1919 White Oval oil on canvas 80 x 93 cm © 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris |
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| 1920 Red Oval oil on canvas 71.5 x 71.5 cm © 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris |
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| 1920 White Line oil on canvas © 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris |
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| 1921 Blue Segment © 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris |
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| 1921 Red Spot II oil on canvas 131 x 181 cm © 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris |
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| 1921 Study for "Circles on Black" watercolour and ink on paper 25.5 x 25.5 cm © 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris |
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| 1922 Black Grid © 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris |
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| 1922 Small Worlds II lithograph © 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris |
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| 1922 White Cross oil on canvas 100.5 x 110.6 cm © 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris |
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| 1923 Black and Violet © 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris |
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| 1923 Composition VIII oil on canvas © 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris |
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| 1923 Green Composition © 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris |
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| 1923 In the Black Square oil on canvas 97.5 x 93.3 cm © 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris |
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| 1923 Mild Tension © 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris |
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| 1923 On White II oil on canvas 105 x 98 cm © 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris |
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| 1923 Sin Titulo © 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris |
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| 1923 Transverse Line oil on canvas © 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris |
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| 1923 Violet lithograph 29.1 x 19.1 cm © 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris |
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| 1924 Black Relationship watercolour and ink on paper 36.8 x 36.2 cm © 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris |
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| 1924 Contrasting Sounds oil on cardboard 70 x 49.5 cm © 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris |
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| 1924 Heavy Red oil on cardboard 58.7 x 48.7 cm © ProLitteris, Zürich © 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris |
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| 1924 Sharp Quiet Pink oil on cardboard 63.6 x 48.2 cm © 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris |
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| 1925 Small Dream In Red oil on cardboard 35.5 x 41.2 cm © 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris |
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| 1925 Swinging oil on board 70.5 x 50.2 cm © 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris |
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| 1925 Yellow-Red-Blue oil on canvas © 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris |
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| 1926 Development © 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris |
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| 1926 Several Circles oil on canvas 140 x 140 cm © 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris |
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| 1927 Dark Freshness © 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris |
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| 1927 Heavy Circles © 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris |
all of these pieces are very interesting. Maybe I'm imagining things, but it looks as if as he went through the years he almost conformed to the idea of abstract instead of simply letting his hand guide him on the canvas.
ReplyDeleteCompare it to free form jazz and jazz played to sound like jazz.
If you look at his earlier pieces they are much more fluent, there are no breaks in the original black lines of the first draft. As you go on, there are more sharp edges, the colors are not mixed, and it simply looks like "just another abstract".
It's always sad when you see an artist conform to expectations.
Wassily Kandinsky (1866 –1944) was an influential Russian painter and art theorist. ... wassilycanvas.blogspot.com
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