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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 founded the group of artists known as the "Blauer Reiter" in Munich. His art then freed itself more and more from the object, eventually culminating in the "First Abstract Watercolour" of 1910. In his theoretical writings Kandinsky repeatedly sought the proximity of music; and just as in music, where the individual notes constitute the medium whose effect stems from harmony and euphony, Kandinsky was aiming for a pure concord of colour through the interplay of various shades. Gauguin had demanded that everything "must be sacrificed to pure colours". Kandinsky was the first to realize this and thus to influence a whole range of artists.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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I've long been a fan of these Taschen art books as they contribute to everything you could want from a 'Basic Art Album', as the product so suggests. I would say these are far from basic though as they're so in-depth and manage to highlight the artists life, whilst being easy to read and understand. The authors opinions don't disrupt Kandinsky's achievements as everything is described almost as if you were walking through an art gallery, and wished to hear an unbiased account of this individual.
Images are more often than not full page, but others only need a half. As a guide to this master of the Bauhaus school of art and someone who helped to define an array art movements, I don't think you can get a better value book out there. The 'Picasso' variant is equally as good.
Images are more often than not full page, but others only need a half. As a guide to this master of the Bauhaus school of art and someone who helped to define an array art movements, I don't think you can get a better value book out there. The 'Picasso' variant is equally as good.
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Girlfriend loved this and was exactly what she was after for giving a good account of Kandinsky. I would recommend to Kandinsky lovers.
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The book never arrived and my 2 e mails were not answered
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