Tuesday, 21 August 2012

Wassily Kandinsky - part 3

Wassily Kandinsky (1866 –1944) was an influential Russian painter and art theorist. He is credited with painting the first purely abstract works. Born in Moscow, Kandinsky spent his childhood in Odessa. He enrolled at the University of Moscow, studying law and economics. Successful in his profession - he was offered a professorship (chair of Roman Law) at the University of Dorpat - he began painting studies (life-drawing, sketching and anatomy) at the age of 30.

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:


1915-16 Untitled 
watercolour and ink 47 x 63.5 cm
© 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

1916 Drawing for Etching II 
pen and ink 24.8 x 19 cm
© 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

1916 Moscow I 
oil on canvas
© 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

1917 Blue Crest
© 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

1917 Dusk
© 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

1917 Improvisation 209
© 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

1917 Overcast 
oil on canvas 105 x 134 cm
© 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

1919 In Grey 
oil on canvas
© 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

1919 White Oval 
oil on canvas 80 x 93 cm
© 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

1920 Red Oval 
oil on canvas 71.5 x 71.5 cm
© 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

1920 White Line 
oil on canvas
© 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

1921 Blue Segment
© 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

1921 Red Spot II 
oil on canvas 131 x 181 cm
© 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

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

1922 Black Grid
© 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

1922 Small Worlds II 
lithograph
© 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

1922 White Cross 
oil on canvas 100.5 x 110.6 cm
© 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

1923 Black and Violet
© 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

1923 Composition VIII 
oil on canvas
© 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

1923 Green Composition
© 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

1923 In the Black Square 
oil on canvas 97.5 x 93.3 cm
© 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

1923 Mild Tension
© 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

1923 On White II 
oil on canvas 105 x 98 cm
© 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

1923 Sin Titulo
© 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

1923 Transverse Line 
oil on canvas
© 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

1923 Violet 
lithograph 29.1 x 19.1 cm
© 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

1924 Black Relationship 
watercolour and ink on paper 36.8 x 36.2 cm
© 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

1924 Contrasting Sounds 
oil on cardboard 70 x 49.5 cm
© 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

1924 Heavy Red 
oil on cardboard 58.7 x 48.7 cm 
© ProLitteris, Zürich
© 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

1924 Sharp Quiet Pink 
oil on cardboard 63.6 x 48.2 cm
© 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

1925 Small Dream In Red 
oil on cardboard 35.5 x 41.2 cm
© 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

1925 Swinging 
oil on board 70.5 x 50.2 cm
© 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

1925 Yellow-Red-Blue 
oil on canvas
© 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

1926 Development
© 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

1926 Several Circles 
oil on canvas 140 x 140 cm
© 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

1927 Dark Freshness
© 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

1927 Heavy Circles
© 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

Sunday, 19 August 2012

Wassily Kandinsky - part 2

1906 colour woodcut 
Portrait of Wassily Kandinsky by Gabriele Munter

Wassily Kandinsky (1866 –1944) was an influential Russian painter and art theorist. He is credited with painting the first purely abstract works. Born in Moscow, Kandinsky spent his childhood in Odessa. He enrolled at the University of Moscow, studying law and economics. Successful in his profession - he was offered a professorship (chair of Roman Law) at the University of Dorpat - he began painting studies (life-drawing, sketching and anatomy) at the age of 30.

For more biographical notes and for earlier works, see part 1. This is part 2 of a 4-part post on the works of Wassily Kandinsky. The works are shown in chronological order:


1909 The Waterfall 
oil on pasteboard 70 x 97.5 cm
© 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

1909 Winter Landscape 
oil on cardboard 75.5 x 97.5 cm
© 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

c1909-10 Two Riders and Reclining Figure 
oil on canvas 70.4 x 70.1 cm
© 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

1910 Church in Murnau 
oil on cardboard
© 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

1910 Improvisation 11 
oil on canvas 97.5 x 106.5 cm
© 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

1910 Improvisation 19 
oil on canvas 120 x 141.5 cm
© 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

1910 Improvisation 7 
131 x 97 cm
© 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

1910 Improvisation 9 
oil on canvas 110 x 110 cm
© 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

1910 Mountain Landscape with Church
© 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

1910 Untitled 
( First Abstract Watercolour ) 188 x 196 cm
© 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

1910-11 Cossacks 
oil on canvas 94.6 x 130.2 cm
© 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

1911 All Saints Day l 
oil on canvas 50 x 64.5 cm
© 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

1911 Angel of the Last Judgment 
oil on cardboard 64 x 50 cm
© 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

1911 Composition IV 
oil on canvas 159.5 x 250.5 cm
© 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

1911 Composition V 
oil on canvas 190 x 275 cm
© 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

1911 Impression III ( Concert ) 
oil on canvas 77.5 x 100 cm
© 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

1911 Nude 
watercolour on paper 33.1 x 33 cm
© 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

1911 Painting with Troika 
oil on cardboard 69.5 x 97.2 cm 
© 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

1911 Rain Landscape 
watercolour 25.4 x 31.8 cm
© 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

1912 Black Spot 
oil on canvas 100 x 130 cm
© 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

1912 Improvisation 27 ( Garden of Love II ) 
oil on canvas 120.3 x 140.3 cm
© 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

1912 Landscape with Two Poplars
oil on canvas 78.8 x 100.4 cm
© 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

1912 The Last Judgment
© 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

1913 Black Lines I 
oil on canvas 129.4 x 131.1 cm 
© 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris

1913 Composition VI 
oil on canvas 195 x 300 cm
© 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

1913 Composition VII 
oil on canvas
© 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris


1913 Flood Improvisation 
oil on canvas
© 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

1913 Improvisation 31 ( Sea Battle )
© 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

1913 Landscape with Red Spots, No. 2 
oil on canvas 117.5 x 140 cm
© 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

1913 Painting with Green Centre 
oil on canvas 108.9 x 118.4 cm
© 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris 


1913 Small Pleasures 
oil on canvas 109.8 x 119.7 cm
© 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

1913 Study for "painting with White Border" 
watercolour 39 x 35 cm
© 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

1913 Improvisation No. 30 ( Cannons ) 
oil on canvas 111 x 111.3 cm
© 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

1914 Improvisation 35 
oil on canvas 110.3 x 120.3 cm 
© ProLitteris, Zürich
© 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

1914 Improvisation 
watercolour 35.6 x 44.8 cm
© 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

1914 Painting with Three Spots 
oil on canvas 120 x 111 cm
© 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

1914 Untitled Improvisation V 
oil on canvas 111 x 111 cm
© 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris