Kandinsky
Introduction
This retrospective brings together more than 90 paintings by Vasily Kandinsky drawn primarily from the collections of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Centre Pompidou, Paris; and Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich—the institutions, whose holdings comprise the three largest repositories of Kandinsky’s work in the world—as well as from significant private and public collections. This unprecedented international collaboration brings together works that rarely travel, offering a historic opportunity to reexamine the artist’s visionary legacy. [more]
Biography
Born in Moscow to a wealthy family, Vasily Kandinsky (1866–1944) spent his early childhood in Odessa, Russia (now Ukraine). His parents instilled in him an early love of music that later influenced his work. Though he studied law and economics at the University of Moscow and his life seemed destined to follow a conventional path, at age 30 he abruptly decided to abandon his legal career and devote himself to art. [more]
Formative Years and Travels, 1900–07
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The Blaue Reiter
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Toward Abstraction, 1910–14
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Moscow, 1914–21
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