Wassily Kandinsky

Wassily Kandinsky

 

Wassily Kandinsky was born in Moscow, Russia on 4th December 1866

 

While travelling, studying and painting, Kandinsky began to develop ideas about the ways in which music and painting were related. He, and many other artists, thought that the colours and shapes they painted were a bit like a language. They could describe ideas and feelings, or tell a story.

 

Kandinsky’s paintings were becoming increasingly abstract. Abstract art does not show places, people or objects realistically. Instead, simple forms, patterns and colours are used. They can remind us of ‘real’ things.

Kandinsky often painted abstract boats, hills and mountains. People see different things when they look at abstract art. The person sitting next to you might think the patterns, shapes and colours in this picture show something completely different to what you see!  We have begun to recreate our own abstract art in the same style.