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	* [http://www.theosophyforward.com/theosophy-and-the-society-in-the-public-eye/65-kandinsky-and-theosophy# ''Kandinsky and Theosophy''] by Catherine Wathen. ''Theosophy Forward''.		* [http://www.theosophyforward.com/theosophy-and-the-society-in-the-public-eye/65-kandinsky-and-theosophy# ''Kandinsky and Theosophy''] by Catherine Wathen. ''Theosophy Forward''.
	* [http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/wassily-kandinsky-8-abstract-painters-4820959 "Wassily Kandinsky: 8 of the Abstract Painter's Most Famous Works and Facts about His Life"] by Mikey Smith. ''Daily Mirror'' December 16, 2014.		* [http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/wassily-kandinsky-8-abstract-painters-4820959 "Wassily Kandinsky: 8 of the Abstract Painter's Most Famous Works and Facts about His Life"] by Mikey Smith. ''Daily Mirror'' December 16, 2014.
			[[File:Ringbom book cover.png\|right\|170px\|thumb\|''The Sounding Cosmos'' by Sixten Ringbom]]
	=== Books and pamphlets ===		=== Books and pamphlets ===

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	* [http://www.theosophyforward.com/theosophy-and-the-society-in-the-public-eye/65-kandinsky-and-theosophy# ''Kandinsky and Theosophy''] by Catherine Wathen. ''Theosophy Forward''.		* [http://www.theosophyforward.com/theosophy-and-the-society-in-the-public-eye/65-kandinsky-and-theosophy# ''Kandinsky and Theosophy''] by Catherine Wathen. ''Theosophy Forward''.
	* [http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/wassily-kandinsky-8-abstract-painters-4820959 "Wassily Kandinsky: 8 of the Abstract Painter's Most Famous Works and Facts about His Life"] by Mikey Smith. ''Daily Mirror'' December 16, 2014.		* [http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/wassily-kandinsky-8-abstract-painters-4820959 "Wassily Kandinsky: 8 of the Abstract Painter's Most Famous Works and Facts about His Life"] by Mikey Smith. ''Daily Mirror'' December 16, 2014.

			=== Books and pamphlets ===

			* Ringbom, Sixten. '''''The Sounding Cosmos: a study in the spiritualism of Kandinsky and the genesis of abstract painting'''''. 1970. "Through his research on Wassily Kandinsky, one of the pivotal figures in modern art, Ringbom could show, among other things, how theosophy and esoteric teachings were absolutely essential to the development of non-figurative painting."

	=== Websites ===		=== Websites ===

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	==Additional resources==		==Additional resources==

	The [[Union Index of Theosophical Periodicals]] lists [~~http~~://~~www~~.~~austheos~~.org.au/~~cgi-bin~~/~~ui-csvsearch.pl~~?~~search~~=~~kandinsky~~&~~method~~=~~all 9~~ articles by or about ~~Kandinsky~~].		=== Articles ===
			The [[Union Index of Theosophical Periodicals]] lists '''[https://theosophicalsociety.org.au/union_index/entries?q=Kandinsky&s=author 3 articles by Kandinsky]''' and '''[https://theosophicalsociety.org.au/union_index/entries?q=Kandinsky&s=title 7 articles about Kandinsky]'''.

			* [http://www.theosophyforward.com/theosophy-and-the-society-in-the-public-eye/381-art-theosophy-and-kandinsky# "Art, Theosophy, and Kandinsky"] by John Algeo. ''Theosophy Forward''.
			* [https://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/kandinskys-thought-forms-and-the-occult-roots-of-modern-art ''Kandinsky's Thought Forms and the Occult Roots of Modern Art''] by Gary Lachman. ''Quest'' 96 no.2 (March-April 2008): 57-61.
			* [http://www.theosophyforward.com/theosophy-and-the-society-in-the-public-eye/65-kandinsky-and-theosophy# ''Kandinsky and Theosophy''] by Catherine Wathen. ''Theosophy Forward''.
			* [http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/wassily-kandinsky-8-abstract-painters-4820959 "Wassily Kandinsky: 8 of the Abstract Painter's Most Famous Works and Facts about His Life"] by Mikey Smith. ''Daily Mirror'' December 16, 2014.

	=== Websites ===		=== Websites ===
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	* [http://www.khaldea.com/charts/kandinsky.shtml Wassily Kandinsky Natal Horoscope] at Khaldea.		* [http://www.khaldea.com/charts/kandinsky.shtml Wassily Kandinsky Natal Horoscope] at Khaldea.
	* [https://wassily-kandinsky.org/ WassilyKandinsky.org] offers biography, quotations, and analyses of paintings.		* [https://wassily-kandinsky.org/ WassilyKandinsky.org] offers biography, quotations, and analyses of paintings.

	~~=== Articles ===~~
	* [http://www.theosophyforward.com/theosophy-and-the-society-in-the-public-eye/381-art-theosophy-and-kandinsky# "Art, Theosophy, and Kandinsky"] by John Algeo. ''Theosophy Forward''.
	* [https://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/kandinskys-thought-forms-and-the-occult-roots-of-modern-art ''Kandinsky's Thought Forms and the Occult Roots of Modern Art''] by Gary Lachman. ''Quest'' 96 no.2 (March-April 2008): 57-61.
	* [http://www.theosophyforward.com/theosophy-and-the-society-in-the-public-eye/65-kandinsky-and-theosophy# ''Kandinsky and Theosophy''] by Catherine Wathen. ''Theosophy Forward''.
	* [http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/wassily-kandinsky-8-abstract-painters-4820959 "Wassily Kandinsky: 8 of the Abstract Painter's Most Famous Works and Facts about His Life"] by Mikey Smith. ''Daily Mirror'' December 16, 2014.

	=== Video ===		=== Video ===

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	<blockquote>		<blockquote>
	Wassily Kandinsky was an avid student of occult and mystical teachings. Theosophy provided the main structure for his lessons in spirituality, but he certainly enriched his studies with other material. As his spiritual awareness evolved, so too did his art. Ideals that he was previously content to express in Symbolist form, later shed their casings as they expanded through abstraction. As Theosophical teachings on thought forms and the correlation between vibrations, color, and sound influenced his work, he began to rely very little on form. Shape, line, and color became his main tools for creating a visible image of unseen events in the astral world.<ref>Kathleen Hall [https://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/theosophy-and-the-emergence-of-modern-abstract-art "Theosophy and the Emergence of Modern Abstract Art"] ''Quest'' 90.3 (May-June 2002).</ref>		Wassily Kandinsky was an avid student of occult and mystical teachings. Theosophy provided the main structure for his lessons in spirituality, but he certainly enriched his studies with other material. As his spiritual awareness evolved, so too did his art. Ideals that he was previously content to express in Symbolist form, later shed their casings as they expanded through abstraction. As Theosophical teachings on thought forms and the correlation between vibrations, color, and sound influenced his work, he began to rely very little on form. Shape, line, and color became his main tools for creating a visible image of unseen events in the astral world.<ref>Kathleen Hall [https://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/theosophy-and-the-emergence-of-modern-abstract-art "Theosophy and the Emergence of Modern Abstract Art"] ''Quest'' 90 no.3 (May-June 2002).</ref>
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	=== Articles ===		=== Articles ===
	* [http://www.theosophyforward.com/theosophy-and-the-society-in-the-public-eye/381-art-theosophy-and-kandinsky# "Art, Theosophy, and Kandinsky"] by John Algeo. ''Theosophy Forward''.		* [http://www.theosophyforward.com/theosophy-and-the-society-in-the-public-eye/381-art-theosophy-and-kandinsky# "Art, Theosophy, and Kandinsky"] by John Algeo. ''Theosophy Forward''.
	* [https://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/kandinskys-thought-forms-and-the-occult-roots-of-modern-art ''Kandinsky's Thought Forms and the Occult Roots of Modern Art''] by Gary Lachman. ''Quest'' 96.2 (March-April 2008): 57-61.		* [https://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/kandinskys-thought-forms-and-the-occult-roots-of-modern-art ''Kandinsky's Thought Forms and the Occult Roots of Modern Art''] by Gary Lachman. ''Quest'' 96 no.2 (March-April 2008): 57-61.
	* [http://www.theosophyforward.com/theosophy-and-the-society-in-the-public-eye/65-kandinsky-and-theosophy# ''Kandinsky and Theosophy''] by Catherine Wathen. ''Theosophy Forward''.		* [http://www.theosophyforward.com/theosophy-and-the-society-in-the-public-eye/65-kandinsky-and-theosophy# ''Kandinsky and Theosophy''] by Catherine Wathen. ''Theosophy Forward''.
	* [http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/wassily-kandinsky-8-abstract-painters-4820959 "Wassily Kandinsky: 8 of the Abstract Painter's Most Famous Works and Facts about His Life"] by Mikey Smith. ''Daily Mirror'' December 16, 2014.		* [http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/wassily-kandinsky-8-abstract-painters-4820959 "Wassily Kandinsky: 8 of the Abstract Painter's Most Famous Works and Facts about His Life"] by Mikey Smith. ''Daily Mirror'' December 16, 2014.

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	=== Video ===		=== Video ===
	* [https://www.youtube.com/~~edit~~?o=~~U&video_id=FUm7KGJPtCU~~ ''Kandinsky, Spiritual Insight, and Abstract Art''] by Dan Noga		* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QIBWPelKls ''Kandinsky, Spiritual Insight, and Abstract Art''] by Dan Noga
	* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xDnxkzQtdI&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR06LfxXmjtsWps9gpkHfa4XNYnUllMICAj2TYQ5xF7Y7Itn7eKWqEGsIH4 "What Does Colour Sound Like? Kandinsky and Music"] from Listening In YouTube channel.		* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xDnxkzQtdI&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR06LfxXmjtsWps9gpkHfa4XNYnUllMICAj2TYQ5xF7Y7Itn7eKWqEGsIH4 "What Does Colour Sound Like? Kandinsky and Music"] from Listening In YouTube channel.

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Influence of Theosophy

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	<blockquote>		<blockquote>
	Wassily Kandinsky was an avid student of occult and mystical teachings. Theosophy provided the main structure for his lessons in spirituality, but he certainly enriched his studies with other material. As his spiritual awareness evolved, so too did his art. Ideals that he was previously content to express in Symbolist form, later shed their casings as they expanded through abstraction. As Theosophical teachings on thought forms and the correlation between vibrations, color, and sound influenced his work, he began to rely very little on form. Shape, line, and color became his main tools for creating a visible image of unseen events in the astral world.<ref>Kathleen Hall "Theosophy and the Emergence of Modern Abstract Art" ''Quest'' 90.3 (May-June 2002).</ref>		Wassily Kandinsky was an avid student of occult and mystical teachings. Theosophy provided the main structure for his lessons in spirituality, but he certainly enriched his studies with other material. As his spiritual awareness evolved, so too did his art. Ideals that he was previously content to express in Symbolist form, later shed their casings as they expanded through abstraction. As Theosophical teachings on thought forms and the correlation between vibrations, color, and sound influenced his work, he began to rely very little on form. Shape, line, and color became his main tools for creating a visible image of unseen events in the astral world.<ref>Kathleen Hall [https://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/theosophy-and-the-emergence-of-modern-abstract-art "Theosophy and the Emergence of Modern Abstract Art"] ''Quest'' 90.3 (May-June 2002).</ref>
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Articles

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	=== Articles ===		=== Articles ===
	* [http://www.theosophyforward.com/theosophy-and-the-society-in-the-public-eye/381-art-theosophy-and-kandinsky# "Art, Theosophy, and Kandinsky"] by John Algeo. ''Theosophy Forward''.		* [http://www.theosophyforward.com/theosophy-and-the-society-in-the-public-eye/381-art-theosophy-and-kandinsky# "Art, Theosophy, and Kandinsky"] by John Algeo. ''Theosophy Forward''.
	* [~~http~~://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/~~1405#~~ ''Kandinsky's Thought Forms and the Occult Roots of Modern Art''] by Gary Lachman. ''Quest'' 96.2 (March-April 2008): 57-61.		* [https://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/kandinskys-thought-forms-and-the-occult-roots-of-modern-art ''Kandinsky's Thought Forms and the Occult Roots of Modern Art''] by Gary Lachman. ''Quest'' 96.2 (March-April 2008): 57-61.
	* [http://www.theosophyforward.com/theosophy-and-the-society-in-the-public-eye/65-kandinsky-and-theosophy# ''Kandinsky and Theosophy''] by Catherine Wathen. ''Theosophy Forward''.		* [http://www.theosophyforward.com/theosophy-and-the-society-in-the-public-eye/65-kandinsky-and-theosophy# ''Kandinsky and Theosophy''] by Catherine Wathen. ''Theosophy Forward''.
	* [http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/wassily-kandinsky-8-abstract-painters-4820959 "Wassily Kandinsky: 8 of the Abstract Painter's Most Famous Works and Facts about His Life"] by Mikey Smith. ''Daily Mirror'' December 16, 2014.		* [http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/wassily-kandinsky-8-abstract-painters-4820959 "Wassily Kandinsky: 8 of the Abstract Painter's Most Famous Works and Facts about His Life"] by Mikey Smith. ''Daily Mirror'' December 16, 2014.

	=== Video ===		=== Video ===

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	=== Websites ===		=== Websites ===

	* [https://www.facebook.com/groups/wassily.kandinsky/ Wassily Kandinsky Facebook group]].		* [https://www.facebook.com/groups/wassily.kandinsky/ Wassily Kandinsky Facebook group].
	* [http://www.wassilykandinsky.net/ WassilyKandinsky.net] offers 511 paintings, 91 photos, biography, books, videos, quotations, and more.		* [http://www.wassilykandinsky.net/ WassilyKandinsky.net] offers 511 paintings, 91 photos, biography, books, videos, quotations, and more.
	* [http://www.khaldea.com/charts/kandinsky.shtml Wassily Kandinsky Natal Horoscope] at Khaldea.		* [http://www.khaldea.com/charts/kandinsky.shtml Wassily Kandinsky Natal Horoscope] at Khaldea.

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Early life and education

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	Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky was born on [[December 4]], 1866 in Moscow. His father, a wealthy tea merchant, was from an aristocratic family. In 1871 Wassily's family moved to the Crimea, and the boy attended school in Odessa. He excelled in his studies, and returned to Moscow in 1886 to study law and political economy. After he was awarded a degree in 1892, he taught jurisprudence at Moscow university.		Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky was born on [[December 4]], 1866 in Moscow. His father, a wealthy tea merchant, was from an aristocratic family. In 1871 Wassily's family moved to the Crimea, and the boy attended school in Odessa. He excelled in his studies, and returned to Moscow in 1886 to study law and political economy. After he was awarded a degree in 1892, he taught jurisprudence at Moscow university.

	His career path in academia seemed to be well established when he "turned down the offer of a professorship at the University of Dorpat in Estonia and went instead to Munich to study painting."<ref>Richard Stratton, "Preface to the Dover Edition" ''Concerning the Spiritual in Art'' (New York: Dover, 1972), v.</ref> As a young boy he had always loved music and art - playing piano and cello, and painting in oils. "Art and music, ranging from traditional Russian religious icons and Rembrandt oils to a performance of Wagner's ''Lohengrin'', left profound impressions on him... An 1895 Moscow exhibit exposed Kandinsky to the French Impressionists, and his feelings upon seeing Monet's ''Haystack'' seemed to predict the destiny that awaited him."<ref>Richard Stratton, "Preface to the Dover Edition" ''Concerning the Spiritual in Art'' (New York: Dover, 1972), v.</ref>		His career path in academia seemed to be well established when he "turned down the offer of a professorship at the University of Dorpat in Estonia and went instead to Munich to study painting."<ref>Richard Stratton, "Preface to the Dover Edition" ''Concerning the Spiritual in Art'' (New York: Dover, 1972), v.</ref> As a young boy he had always loved music and art – playing piano and cello, and painting in oils. "Art and music, ranging from traditional Russian religious icons and Rembrandt oils to a performance of Wagner's ''Lohengrin'', left profound impressions on him... An 1895 Moscow exhibit exposed Kandinsky to the French Impressionists, and his feelings upon seeing Monet's ''Haystack'' seemed to predict the destiny that awaited him."<ref>Richard Stratton, "Preface to the Dover Edition" ''Concerning the Spiritual in Art'' (New York: Dover, 1972), v.</ref>

	== Family life ==		== Family life ==

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	=== Websites ===		=== Websites ===

	* [https://www.facebook.com/groups/wassily.kandinsky/ Wassily Kandinsky Facebook group]]		* [https://www.facebook.com/groups/wassily.kandinsky/ Wassily Kandinsky Facebook group]].
	* [http://www.wassilykandinsky.net/ WassilyKandinsky.net] offers 511 paintings, 91 photos, biography, books, videos, quotations, and more.		* [http://www.wassilykandinsky.net/ WassilyKandinsky.net] offers 511 paintings, 91 photos, biography, books, videos, quotations, and more.
	* [http://www.khaldea.com/charts/kandinsky.shtml Wassily Kandinsky Natal Horoscope] at Khaldea.		* [http://www.khaldea.com/charts/kandinsky.shtml Wassily Kandinsky Natal Horoscope] at Khaldea.
			* [https://wassily-kandinsky.org/ WassilyKandinsky.org] offers biography, quotations, and analyses of paintings.

	=== Articles ===		=== Articles ===