Farbstudie Quadrate; c.1913 (Mounted Print)

Wassily Kandinsky (1886 - 1944) ; the father of abstract art; also a skilled musician; strongly associated music with art. Kandinsky; who named works after musical terms; saw color when he listened to music; and believed color could visually express music's timber; pitch and volume. At age 30; Kandinsky's artistic career began when he left a legal career to pursue artistic studies after seeing Monet's "Haystacks." Passionately compelled to create; Kandinsky believed that the purity of this desire would communicate itself to viewers of his work. * Title: Farbstudie Quadrate; c.1913 * Artist: Wassily Kandinsky * Item Type: Mounted Print