WASSILY KANDINSKY

Wassily Kandinsky is a Russian artist born in Moscow in 1866. His main artistic styles are abstract art and expressionism. He is also considered the pioneer of abstract art and one of the most important painters of the 20th century. The fame of this artist is linked to his progressive rejection of any figurative element in his painting.

His best known works are yellow, red, blue, composition n° 7, square grey, on white II, composition n° 8, mountain, with the black arc and blue world. He is a member of the Bauhaus and creator of the Blaue Reiter.It was at the age of 30 that he devoted himself totally to painting. Many of his original works are kept at the Museum of Modern Art, Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris. He died in Neuilly-sur-Seine in 1944.