Judging a Pioneer Wassily Kandinsky was a pioneer who set the standard for the artistic expression of abstract painting. A Russian born visionary who sought to unveil the spiritual realm of creative ability. He believed the art of painting to be loftier than the technical and mechanical abilities employed to replicate an object and thought it was to be interpreted, not by perceiving the obvious alone, but by deciphering the underlying message being communicated by the artist. An aesthetic medium
On December 16th, 1866, Wassily Kandinsky was born in Moscow, Russia to musical parents, where he was raised in a middle class family. At the age of 5 his parents divorced and he moved to Odessa with his aunt, where he was first introduced to the arts, and started to learn how to play the piano and chello while in grammar school, as well as studying how to draw with a private coach (biography 3). These learning periods in his life led to his upcoming artistic talents of drawing and writing that he
Wassily Kandinsky expressed his inner feelings when painting “Coposition IV”.” I see his painting, and I react as such. There is a clear blue middle that he seems to draw attention to. This is his focus of the painting. The focus can be defined as the main point of a painting, the area that draws the strongest contrast. When I see his painting, I see someone that is trying to express himself through his mediums. He used oil on canvas for his medium in this painting. There are many other
both paintings. Despite the mayhem, the two paintings differ in the inner emotions each artist wanted to express and the nature of the “chaos.” While for Kandinsky the chaos represents the smooth and melodic sentiments raised by music, for Pollock the chaos depicts the more spontaneous and impulsive emotions. The authors’ differing goals lead Kandinsky to ponder and refine his painting to capture a more universal theme and Pollock to develop his “drip” painting method
The Russian-born Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky came late to art. In 1896, at age 30, he gave up a legal career to take up painting inspired by Monet’s Haystacks. His first works such as Der Blaue Reiter shows Monet's influence on Kandinsky. Similar to the artists we considered earlier, Kandinsky's work increased in abstraction as he matured. Indeed, many credit Kandinsky with being the first abstract artist. In a change of pace, we will focus on Kandinsky's main contribution to modern art and spirituality:
Since my first encounter with Kandinsky's art I was amazed by their complexity and always wondered about the creative and intellectual mind, which was responsible for them. The few books I managed to find on Kandinsky were extremely useful as they outlined his entire career and had a substantial amount of illustrations. There were also a number of websites available on the Internet, which contained critiques from other art historians, critics and fellow artists from around the world. But there
In this paper I will be comparing the expressionist art movement with the cubist art movement. I will discuss some of the artists that made these movements a stepping-stone for the other movement that followed. I will look at Picasso and Kandinsky to name a couple. Expressionism, which began in 1905, was the term used for early 20th century art that conveyed emotional and spiritual preoccupations of the artist, using a variety of styles and subject matter (Arnason 124). These expressionist artists
1908. Such experiences led him often to feel persecuted by a public that could not understand his music. Schoenberg also began painting during these years and exhibited his work with a group of artists in the circle of the Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky. This period was marked by tragedy when Mathilde had an affair with his painting teacher, who committed suicide after she returned to Schoenberg. In 1911, the year in which Schoenberg published his book Theory of Harmony, he accepted a teaching
Feminism in Female Art A review of the world’s great artists conjures familiar images: Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel; Vincent Van Gogh’s Starry Night; Pablo Picasso’s The Tragedy. There are many more, of course: Monet, Moya, Warhol, Rembrandt, Kandinsky. What is immediately noticeable, however, upon any brief study of art, is the significant absence of women as heralded artists—not only in our ancient pasts, but even today, amongst valiant efforts for gender equality. The question “Why have
German Expressionism Munich-Schwabing, Church of St.Ursula Wassily Kandinsky (1908) Thus piece was created just after photography had gained momentum. The piece was thus created as a reaction towards the times, to show freedom from realism, as photographers has cornered the market at the time. So, Wassily chose to take a slightly abstract approach to an actual location to express this artistic freedom. As can be seen in the painting, Wassily seems to express her joy with vibrant colors taking
The two artists I have chosen to write about in my essay are Wassily Kandinsky and Roy de Maistre. Both of these men are artists who were greatly influenced by the relationship between colour and sound and are thought to have pioneered the complete abstraction of art in each of their respective areas; Kandinsky is celebrated as the first artist to ever produce a entirely abstract work, while de Maistre is known as the one of the first Australian artists to use pure abstraction in his artwork. (Nairn
painter Wassily Kandinsky, was well known as the leader of the abstract movement. Kandinsky was born in Moscow on December 4, 1866, in which he discovered his love for drawing and painting. Kandinsky was inspired by Monet which resulted in the desire for him to experiment different ways using color on canvas. Kandinsky’s love for art started when he was just a young boy. His parents were both interested in music; however, their marriage ended in divorce leaving five-year-old Kandinsky with his aunt
While in Munich a prestigious group of likeminded artists was formed in 1911 in Munich, led by Kandinsky. Their name was “The Blue Rider” – “Der Blaue Reiter.” German expressionists such as Franz Marc and August Macke belonged to this amazing group where they shared similar interest in abstracted forms and colors. The actual name Der Blaue Reiter is German for The Blue Rider. It referenced key motifs found in Marc and Kandinsky’s work: the horse and rider or jockey. The horse and rider symbolized
abstract painting style from Wassily Kandinsky and Henri Matisse set in motion works of art that could be aesthetic without being representational. While comparing Study for Composition II and Le Bonheur de Vivre (The Joy of Life); I will argue their experimentation and exploration pioneered into an artistic vision that changed how line, form, and color appeared in modern art. They influenced several future generations of young painter’s art styles. Kandinsky was
Wassily Kandinsky was a Russian artist who is most commonly associated with the art movement Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider), so named because of their love of horses and beliefs that colors could affect real change on a person’s soul. These artists experimented often with color to see what effects they could affect in their viewers; however, there are only seven colors used in his woodblock print Two Riders in Front of Red. Yet, in a way only Kandinsky can seem to achieve, these colors have been
Academy, also known as the Budapest Bauhaus, where he studied with Alexander Bortnijik. At the Academy, he became familiar with the contemporary research in color and optics by Jaohannes Itten, Josef Albers, and the Constructivists Malevich and Kandinsky. After his first one-man show in 1930, at the Kovacs Akos Gallery in Budapest, Vasarely moved to Paris. For the next thirteen years, he devoted himself to graphic studies. His lifelong fascination with linear patterning led him to draw figurative
Had you asked me what art was a few weeks ago I wouldn’t have had a logical answer. If what the artist tried to portray is understood by a minimum of one person in the world, I would consider this a piece of art. What categorizes a masterpiece, however, is when the majority of people understand and recognize the meaning and are moved by the piece of work. The definition of art is the expression or process of creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture
Self Portrait, 2007 by Chuck Close The artwork that ignited my interest at the High Museum of Art was the Self Portrait, 2007 by Chuck Close. In this particular painting, Close was influenced by a printing technique used in Japan known as nishiki-e. The nishiki-e technique involves multicolored wooden block printings, which would have a specific engraving on it and then arranged in a particular way to make an image. Close liked to experiment and combine different styles and techniques such as
Franz Marc, The World Cow, 1913. Oil on canvas. 27 7/8 x 55 5/8 in (70.7 x 141.3 cm), horizontal orientation. Early on in life, Franz Marc (1880-1916), a devoted artist, discovered that his most esteemed subjects were animals, and he strove to great lengths to hone his skills for accurately rendering them on canvas. Then, in the early 20th century, an overly-materialist Germany was overcome with a back-to-nature movement that fascinated Marc and ultimately inspired many of his later pieces. Although
The three degres of Subject Matter There are "Three Degrees of Subject Matter," known as representational, abstract, and nonrepresentational. Every piece of art can be classified into one of these. It might be a good idea when referring to a particular painting to state it's Degree of Subject Matter (Johnson). Representational or Naturalistic images in art look much like real images in the world (Gilbert 28). It is similar to a photograph (Johnson). Some artists use images refered to as illusionistic