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[[File:Kandinsky Composition VIII - 1923.jpg|320px|right|thumb|''Kandinsky and ''Composition VIII'', 1923]]
[[File:Kandinsky Composition VIII - 1923.jpg|320px|right|thumb|''Kandinsky and ''Composition VIII'', 1923]]
[[File:Kandinsky - Circles in a Circle - 1923.jpg|260px|right|thumb|Kandinsky and ''Composition VIII'', 1923]]
[[File:Kandinsky - Circles in a Circle - 1923.jpg|260px|right|thumb|Kandinsky and ''Composition VIII'', 1923]]
[[File:Bauhaus group.jpg|300px|right|thumb|Inauguration of the new Bauhaus, Dessau,1926]]
'''Wassily Kandinsky''' (Russian: Васи́лий Васи́льевич Канди́нский) was a Russian abstract expressionist painter and Theosophist.
'''Wassily Kandinsky''' (Russian: Васи́лий Васи́льевич Канди́нский) was a Russian abstract expressionist painter and Theosophist.


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=== Famous paintings ===
=== Famous paintings ===
=== Bauhaus ===


<ref>Mikey Smith, "Wassily Kandinsky: 8 of the Abstract Painter's Most Famous Works and Facts about His Life" ''Daily Mirror'' December 16, 2014 on [http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/wassily-kandinsky-8-abstract-painters-4820959 Daily Mirror website].</ref>
<ref>Mikey Smith, "Wassily Kandinsky: 8 of the Abstract Painter's Most Famous Works and Facts about His Life" ''Daily Mirror'' December 16, 2014 on [http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/wassily-kandinsky-8-abstract-painters-4820959 Daily Mirror website].</ref>

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Wassily Kandinsky
House in Munich, 1908
Kandinsky and Composition VIII, 1923
Kandinsky and Composition VIII, 1923
Inauguration of the new Bauhaus, Dessau,1926

Wassily Kandinsky (Russian: Васи́лий Васи́льевич Канди́нский) was a Russian abstract expressionist painter and Theosophist.

Early life and education

Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky was born

Artistic career

Famous paintings

Bauhaus

[1]

Theosophical Society involvement

Later years

Additional resources

The Union Index of Theosophical Periodicals lists 9 articles by or about Kandinsky.

  • WassilyKandinsky.net offers 511 paintings, 91 photos, biography, books, videos, quotations, and more.

Articles

Video

Notes

  1. Mikey Smith, "Wassily Kandinsky: 8 of the Abstract Painter's Most Famous Works and Facts about His Life" Daily Mirror December 16, 2014 on Daily Mirror website.