By Ann Simpson
Wassily Kandinsky paintings are highly regarded across the art world by fans of painting and artwork and those who are not massively interested in the sector at all. Luckily, the size of a following around this painter means that there is an immense popularity for people who want to follow him. He is not a false prophet to follow, however. His skills at painting are second to none, with all of his pieces being known by those who love art and those who are indifferent towards it.
Indeed, it is this universal love of the painter which has made him quite so famous. He produced accessible art which is still meaningful and pertinent today. In the large pantheon of painters, he is recognized as one of the best, becoming a household name amongst those who do not even take much interest in art. People who like him consider him in the same breath as Picasso, Da Vinci and Van Gogh.
Indeed, it is this universal love of the painter which has made him quite so famous. He produced accessible art which is still meaningful and pertinent today. In the large pantheon of painters, he is recognized as one of the best, becoming a household name amongst those who do not even take much interest in art. People who like him consider him in the same breath as Picasso, Da Vinci and Van Gogh.
This artist lived almost a full seventy nine years of his life, dying in 1944 three days before it would have been his birthday. He was born on 16 December 1886 in Moscow, Russia, at a time in which the country was full of tumult. Indeed, it seems incredible that he became a painter at all: at Moscow University when he was young he studied economics and law.
The certainty associated with these subjects seems to be completely in contrast to the uncertain world of art, which caused the Russian great distress as he was undergoing his education. Indeed, he was constantly questioning the established norms, provoking debate. In a country like Russia, this was not altogether welcome. Because of unease, he spent his life careening between different nations, including Russia, Germany and France.
He was keen to break the mould and to innovate in every possible way. Not for nothing is he considered the world's first and most preeminent abstract painter. Had he not decided aged thirty to break away from his life, teaching law and economics at university, however, it may all have been different. He fled to Germany.
It was a brave decision for a man who by that point could have been deciding on a career for himself. He moved nations in order to devote himself to his art. At first, he focuses on vibrant color - this had been something which dominated his life.
His first works in Germany were rather standard pieces. What differentiated them slightly from the mountains of other artwork being produced by contemporaries was his ready use of color. He had claimed from childhood that this was a major interest of his.
However, over time Kandinsky paintings became the sorts of things that people recognize as traditionally his today. They were more abstracted and interesting, with less
The certainty associated with these subjects seems to be completely in contrast to the uncertain world of art, which caused the Russian great distress as he was undergoing his education. Indeed, he was constantly questioning the established norms, provoking debate. In a country like Russia, this was not altogether welcome. Because of unease, he spent his life careening between different nations, including Russia, Germany and France.
He was keen to break the mould and to innovate in every possible way. Not for nothing is he considered the world's first and most preeminent abstract painter. Had he not decided aged thirty to break away from his life, teaching law and economics at university, however, it may all have been different. He fled to Germany.
It was a brave decision for a man who by that point could have been deciding on a career for himself. He moved nations in order to devote himself to his art. At first, he focuses on vibrant color - this had been something which dominated his life.
His first works in Germany were rather standard pieces. What differentiated them slightly from the mountains of other artwork being produced by contemporaries was his ready use of color. He had claimed from childhood that this was a major interest of his.
However, over time Kandinsky paintings became the sorts of things that people recognize as traditionally his today. They were more abstracted and interesting, with less
He was keen to break the mould and to innovate in every possible way. Not for nothing is he considered the world's first and most preeminent abstract painter. Had he not decided aged thirty to break away from his life, teaching law and economics at university, however, it may all have been different. He fled to Germany.
It was a brave decision for a man who by that point could have been deciding on a career for himself. He moved nations in order to devote himself to his art. At first, he focuses on vibrant color - this had been something which dominated his life.
His first works in Germany were rather standard pieces. What differentiated them slightly from the mountains of other artwork being produced by contemporaries was his ready use of color. He had claimed from childhood that this was a major interest of his.
However, over time Kandinsky paintings became the sorts of things that people recognize as traditionally his today. They were more abstracted and interesting, with less literal demonstrations of the subject placed onto canvas. It was this method which he hit upon which gained the critics' attention. It also happened to catch the eye of the regular public, who now recognize his work above many others as classically Kandinsky.
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It was a brave decision for a man who by that point could have been deciding on a career for himself. He moved nations in order to devote himself to his art. At first, he focuses on vibrant color - this had been something which dominated his life.
His first works in Germany were rather standard pieces. What differentiated them slightly from the mountains of other artwork being produced by contemporaries was his ready use of color. He had claimed from childhood that this was a major interest of his.
However, over time Kandinsky paintings became the sorts of things that people recognize as traditionally his today. They were more abstracted and interesting, with less literal demonstrations of the subject placed onto canvas. It was this method which he hit upon which gained the critics' attention. It also happened to catch the eye of the regular public, who now recognize his work above many others as classically Kandinsky.
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