The German artist Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944) is considered to be the first entirely abstract artist. Prior to World War II, Kandinsky was part of the Expressionist group Der Blaue Reiter and later ...

Mark Rothko and Wassily Kandinsky. Abstract art can be near-impossible to comprehend. Luckily, it doesn't ask to be. Art tends to be inseparable from its socio-political and historical context ...

In the years leading up to the First World War, two mystical-minded Russian friends helped determine the course of German Expressionism. One—Wassily Kandinsky—is remembered as an influential ...

Painted by Franz Marc (1880-1916), the co-founder, with Wassily Kandinsky of the Expressionist art group The Blue Rider, founded in Munich in 1911-12. The woman's arm is raised, almost in worship ...

Wassily Kandinsky loved music and ... He then turned those feelings into unusual or abstract painted shapes. For example, Kandinsky used sharp lines and pointy shapes to show anger.He used soft ...