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Wassily Kandinsky
Russian painter and art theorist (1866–1944)
"Kandinsky" redirects here. For other uses, see Kandinsky (disambiguation).
In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Wassilyevich and the family name is Kandinsky.
Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky[a] (16 December [O.S.
4 December] 1866 – 13 December 1944) was a Russian painter and art theorist. Kandinsky is generally credited as one of the pioneers of abstraction in western art. Born in Moscow, he spent his childhood in Odessa, where he graduated from Odessa Art School.
In , Kandinsky published a kind of personal manifesto called “Concerning the Spiritual in Art”, in which he theorized abstract art.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 (today Tartu, Estonia). Kandinsky began painting studies (life-drawing, sketching and anatomy) at the age of 30.
In 1896, Kandinsky settled in Munich, studying first at Anton Ažbe's private