Wassily Kandinsky was a Russian painter, art theorist, and poet. He became famous for painting the first purely abstract works as part of the Soviet avant-garde that flourished until about 1930. Kandinsky’s experiments became too much for Stalin’s increasing political control over the art-scene and also Kandinsky’s spiritual outlook was not comme il faut for the trending Soviet Realism. He went to Germany taught at the Bauhaus school of art and architecture for a few years until the Nazis closed it in 1933. Kandinsky’s paintings are among the most expensive at international auctions today, but his writings are often overlooked. Here is a collection, maybe the most complete you will find, of his writings on art and spirituality. Download the free pdf e-books here:
On the Spiritual in Art Kandinsky
The Art of Spiritual Harmony
Point and Line to Plane by Kandinsky
Kandinsky Russian and Bauhaus Years
Sounds by Kandinsky Wassily
Absolutely mesmerising images and I love the way this is assembled contrasting the different styles. it would have been just as great to present the images chronologically though. The music is perfect for contemplating these abstract paintings calmly and to absorb the ideas in them. thank you so much.