Wassily Kandinsky: Life and Work

Автор: Will Grohmann
Название: Wassily Kandinsky: Life and Work
Издательство: Harry N. Abrams
Год: 1958
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 434
Язык: English
Размер: 34.6 MB

Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky (16 December [O.S. 4 December] 1866 – 13 December 1944) was an influential Russian painter and art theorist. He is credited with painting one of the first purely abstract works. Born in Moscow, Kandinsky spent his childhood in Odessa, where he graduated at Grekov Odessa Art school. He enrolled at the University of Moscow, studying law and economics. Successful in his profession—he was offered a professorship (chair of Roman Law) at the University of Dorpat—Kandinsky began painting studies (life-drawing, sketching and anatomy) at the age of 30.