Wassily Kandinsky Quotes


The spirit is often concealed within matter to such an extent that few people are generally capable of perceiving it.


Citations

Kandinsky, Wassily. "On the Question of Form." The Blaue Reiter Almanac, edited by Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc, Viking Press, 1974, p. 148.

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Wassily Kandinsky
Wassily Kandinsky
  • Born: December 16, 1866
  • Died: December 13, 1944
  • Nationality: Russian, French
  • Profession: Artist

Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky was a Russian painter and art theorist. Kandinsky is generally credited as the pioneer of abstract art. Born in Moscow, Kandinsky spent his childhood in Odessa (today Ukraine), where he graduated at Grekov Odessa Art school. He enrolled at the University of Moscow, studying law and economics. Successful in his profession—he was offered a professorship (chair of Roman Law) at the University of Dorpat (today Tartu, Estonia)—Kandinsky began painting studies (life-drawing, sketching and anatomy) at the age of 30.