2. Kandinsky
Painting was, above all, deeply
spiritual for Kandinsky. He sought
to convey profound spirituality
and the depth of human emotion
through a universal visual
language of abstract forms and
colors that transcended cultural
and physical boundaries.
3. Compositions
Kandinsky viewed non-
objective, abstract art as the
ideal visual mode to express
the "inner necessity" of the
artist and to convey
universal human emotions
and ideas. He viewed himself
as a prophet whose mission
was to share this ideal with
the world for the betterment
of society.
4. Kandinsky viewed music as the most transcendent form of non-objective art -
musicians could evoke images in listeners' minds merely with sounds. He
strove to produce similarly object-free, spiritually rich paintings that alluded
to sounds and emotions through a unity of sensation.
(composition IV and V 1911)
5. Composition VI (1913)
I applied streaks and blobs of color onto the canvas with a palette knife and
made them sing with all the intensity I could...”
-Wassily Kandinsky
6. Composition VII (1913)
"Colour is the key. The eye is the hammer. The soul is the piano with its many
chords. The artist is the hand that, by touching this or that key, sets the soul
vibrating automatically."
9. Composition X (1936) "The true work of art is born from the 'artist': a
mysterious, enigmatic, and mystical creation. It detaches itself from him, it
acquires an autonomous life, becomes a personality, an independent subject,
animated with a spiritual breath, the living subject of a real existence of
being."
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