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Wassily Kandinsky (Russian, 1866-1944)
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Wassily Kandinsky
24 Essais de Jakovsky 1934
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Wassily Kandinsky
Etching 1916 Number II 1916
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Wassily Kandinsky
Etching for Stephen Spender "Fraternity" 1939
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Biographie |
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1866 |
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Born: Moscow, Russia on December 4th |
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1886 - 1892 |
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University of Moscow, Moscow, Russia |
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1897 - 1899 |
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Studied under the private instruction of Anton Azbe |
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1900 |
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Entered Kunstakademie (The Munich Academy of Arts) and studied under Franz Stuck |
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1900 |
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Participated in the exhibition of the Moscow Partnership of Artists |
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1901 |
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Founded Phalanx, an art group |
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1909 |
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Founded the New Group of Artists (Neue Kunstlervereinigung), and became the President |
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1911 |
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Kandinsky and Frantsem Mark established the group Blue Rider (Blaue Reiter) |
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1910 - 1912 |
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Participated in the exhibition of “Jack of Diamonds” art group |
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1912 |
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Published Concerning the Spiritual in Art, the first theoretical foundation of abstractionism |
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1922 |
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Joined the Bauhaus school of art and architecture by invitation of founder Walter Gropius and teaches there until its close by the Nazis in 1933 |
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1944 |
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Died at Neuilly-sur-Seine, France |
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Expositions |
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2009 - 2010 |
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Sept. - Jan., "Kandinsky - Absolute. Abstract", New York, NY |
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2009 |
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April - Aug., "Kandinsky - Absolute. Abstract", Paris, France |
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2006 |
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June 22 - Oct. 1, "Kandinsky, The Path to Abstraction", Tate Modern, London, England |
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1909 |
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Neue Künstlervereinigung München (NKVM). Heinrich Thannhauser’s Moderne Galerie. Munich, Germany. |
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