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Wassily Kandinsky

1866–1944 · 20th century

Wassily Kandinsky was a Russian-born painter and art theorist, one of the pioneers of abstract art. Settling in Munich in 1896, he founded the Blue Rider group with Franz Marc in 1911 and set out his ideas in "Concerning the Spiritual in Art". He later taught at the Bauhaus in Germany and spent his last years in France.

Wassily Kandinsky
Image: Vassily Kandinsky by Adolf Elnain Photo credits : Georges Meguerditchian - Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI /Dist. RMN-GP Im... · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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