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Today’s post spotlights Russian painter Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky (1866-1944). Born in Moscow to Lidia Ticheeva and Vasily Silvestrovich Kandinsky, he recalled being fascinated and stimulated by color as a child. He attended the University of Moscow, studying law and economics, as far from painting as the east is from the west. His interest in art began at the mature age of 30, at which point he settled in Munich, studying first at (wait for it) Anton Ažbe‘s private school.
Kandinsky compared painting to composing music, writing, “Color is the keyboard, the eyes are the hammers, the soul is the piano with many strings. The artist is the hand which plays, touching one key or another, to cause vibrations in the soul.” Check out these good vibrations.
Munich Schwabing with the Church of St. Ursula
He focused on landscapes and towns, rather than human figures, except for Sunday, Old Russia (1904). Kandinsky spent the years from 1906 to 1908…
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You betcha, Kerbey, to the man, the words, the art, the name, this post, the original over yonder at funny names. I seriously at smitten with the color and feeling in “Munich Schwabing with the Church of St. Ursala.” Wowser.
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Now that you say that, I think my nuns from yesterday went to that church.
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Those nuns from yesterday were a barrow of laughs, huh, Kerbey?
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I may not Like lice, but I Love Kandinsky. He is one of my faves 🙂 Off to read more!
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I was never a Kandinsky fan, even though he was one of my brother’s favs and he tried to force feed me. Then, a few years ago, I saw a retrospective at the Guggenheim and something clicked. I love his stuff. LOVE IT.
I just put up a scathing post on a horrid exhibit I saw at the Museum of Modern Art by contemporary phony Robert Gober. It’s the opposite of Kandinsky. Take a look, but hold your nose.
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