Wassily
Kandinsky -
a turn of the century (1866 -1944) Russian born painter whose exploration
of color and the varying possibilities of abstraction make him one of the
more important innovators in modern art. He believed that color possessed
musical qualities, and indeed, much of his work seems to possess a certain
electrical musicality that projects itself out of the canvas and can often
enthrall the perceptive viewer. As an artist, teacher and as theorist
he played a pivotal role in the development of abstract art. During his
lifetime, much of his work was removed from museums and public view, first
by the Bolsheviks and later by their Nazi counterparts as these totalitarian
states attempted to determine the shape of the human soul, just as most
of our planet's governments continue to do even today. Kandinsky
made his home and lived the majority of his life in Western Europe.
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WEBSITES FEATURING THE ART OF KANDINSKY v
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Bella Gallery - Click
Here - An online gallery with excellent taste in modern art. The Bella
Gallery section on: Wassily
Kandinsky -
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CJFA- Carol L. Gerten's Fine Art - Click
Here - Carol L. Gerten's fine website has much to offer
the seeker of finer things - Hundreds of nicely formatted pages of
of fine art - Carol's page on Wassily
Kandinsky is a work of love.
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Fine Art Prints, Posters and Photographies
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Here - More than 18,000 artworks. From Lichtenstein to Haring
and from Miro to Hundertwasser. This site has almost 400 paintings by Kandinsky,
with posters of his work for sale. Their page on: Wassily
Kandinsky is a treat.
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Jim's Fine Art Collection - Click
Here - L. James Grattan & Associates has almost 70
paintings of Kandinsky - Alphabetical Index - Click
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Kandinsky: Compositions: A Review -
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Here - Mark Harden, the art
editor at Glyphs, presents us with an online review of Kandinsky:
Compositions, a book by Magdalena Dabrowski published by the Museum
of Modern Art. The review is accompanied by a series of paintings
by Kandinsky.
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Web Museum Network - Click
Here - The excellent and ever-expanding Web Museum Network is an excellent
idea. It would have to be invented if it didn't
already exist. 200,000 visitors view the
site every week. It is mirrored around the world and delivers to art lovers
over 10 million documents! Their section on: Kandinsky,
Wassily is definitely worth a visit, as is their entire website.
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