Of all the giants of twentieth-century art, Wassily Kandinsky (18661944) was the most prolific writer. Here, available for the first time in paperback, are all of Kandinsky's writings on art, newly translated into English. Editors Kenneth C. Lindsay and Peter Vergo have taken their translations d[...]
Josef Albers (1888-1976) and Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944), artists and teachers at the Bauhaus, were exiled from Germany when the school was forced to close in the early 1930s. The 46 letters in this volume document the intimate exchange between these two friends in a period when the world was comi[...]
Part of a new series of beautiful gift art books this book focuses on Wassily Kandinsky, a renowned Russian-born painter, wood-engraver and lithographer who is often regarded as one of the earliest pioneers of abstract art. Beginning with a fresh and thoughtful introduction to Kandinsky's life and a[...]
The Art of Fine Gifts: Wassily Kandinsky was a renowned Russian-born painter, wood-engraver and lithographer who is often regarded as one of the earliest pioneers of abstract art. This powerful art calendar brings together his most striking works, spanning his early paintings inspired by Russian fol[...]
Wassily Kandinsky was a renowned Russian-born painter, wood-engraver and lithographer who is often regarded as one of the earliest pioneers of abstract art. This powerful art calendar brings together his most striking works, spanning his early paintings inspired by Russian folk art and fairy tales t[...]
Wassily Kandinsky was a renowned Russian-born painter, wood-engraver and lithographer who is often regarded as one of the earliest pioneers of abstract art. This powerful art calendar brings together his most striking works, spanning his early paintings inspired by Russian folk art and fairy tales t[...]
One of the art world's most poignant love stories comes to life in this fascinating book. The tumultuous love affair between Wassily Kandinsky and Gabriele Munter is a story of happiness and pain, trust and betrayal, harmony and conflict, set against the backdrop of the revolutionary upheavals that [...]
This highly readable introduction to the abstract artist Wassily Kandinsky reveals why he remains one of the most influential and imitated artists. This book explores all facets of Kandinsky s life and career, from his radical work as the founder of the Blue Rider group and his escape from Weimar Ge[...]
The Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944), who later lived in Germany and France, is one of the pioneers of 20th-century art. Nowadays he is regarded as the founder of abstract art and is, moreover, the chief theoretician of this type of painting. Together with Franz Marc and others he found[...]
Malerkunsten av i dag er ennå så godt som fullstendig henvist til former som er hentet i naturen. Dens oppgave er å prøve ut sine krefter og midler, utforske dem, slik musikken alt lenge har gjort, og forsøke å anvende disse midlene og kreftene på rent malerisk vis med den kunstneriske skapel[...]
This book presents an outstanding overview of the works of Vassily Kandinsky, 'the father of modern abstract art'. Born in Russia in 1866, Vassily Kandinsky was a painter, printmaker, and art theorist. Although he didn't begin to paint seriously until the age of 30, his unique style has made him one[...]