About the Artist
Wassily Kandinsky
Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944) was a Russian painter and art theorist, credited with creating one of the first purely abstract works. Born in Moscow and raised in Odessa, he studied law before turning to art at age 30. Kandinsky taught at the Bauhaus in Germany until it was shut down by the Nazis in 1933, after which he moved to France. Influenced by color, folk art, music, and spirituality, his pioneering abstract style helped lay the foundation for modern abstract expressionism.
