In 1909, Kandinsky was instrumental in founding Neue Kunstlervereinigung Munchen, or New Artists' Association of Munich, a group of radical artists whose avant-garde approach was far Ursula" and "Autumn Study Near Oberau," the interplay of color took precedence overĬonventional form. In such 1908 pieces as "Munich-Schwabing with the Church of St. Less distinct, his compositions increasingly planar.
Milestone artwork, "Der Blaue Reiter" or The Blue Rider, an Impressionistic scene of a man in a blue cape astride a white horse.ĭuring this first decade of the 20th century, the artist developed a progressively innovative style that reflected the influences of such schools as Fauvism, Pointillism and Expressionism. Kandinsky and a few of his avant-garde colleagues founded an artists' group called Phalanx in 1901, a reaction to the restrictive status quo of the Munich art scene. The master's emphasis on Symbolism in his own work as well as his focus on the imagination proved inspirational to his students. Russian Alexej von Jawlensky, a future Expressionist who acquainted his new friend with the city's avant-garde society.Īfter two years of tutelage, Kandinsky took a year to hone his craft before entering the Munich Academy to study with Franz von Stuck, a demanding traditionalist who was the city's foremost painter at the time. At Azbe's studio, Kandinsky worked beside fellow Notes he heard became colors and visual images, a perception that would instruct his theories about art.Īfter only three years of teaching, Kandinsky enrolled in a Munich art school to study with Anton Azbe, a Slovenian Realist whose forte was figure drawing. It sparked a synesthetic experience in which the Haystacks paintings, Kandinsky found nevertheless that Monet's use of color impacted him in a significant way, taking on an almost mythic power.ĭuring this same period, the artist attended a performance of Wagner's opera, "Lohengrin," which had a similarly powerful effect on his sensibilities. At first put off by the artist's Impressionistic He experienced a sort of epiphany upon viewing a Monet exhibit in Moscow. It was during his time at the university that he reprised his childhood interest in art, and in particular, the symbolic nature of color and its spiritual implications. He had studied law, economics and ethnography at the University of Moscow, becoming a professor of Early Years: 1896-1909īorn in Moscow in 1866, the artist did not seriously pursue his artistic career until the age of 30.
He believed the purpose of art to be the conveyance of theĪrtist's unique inner vision, which required transcendence of the objective world. He heard sounds as color, and this unusual perception was a guiding force in the development of his artistic style. His unique perspective on the form and function of art emphasized the synthesis of the visual and Russian-born Wassily Kandinsky pioneered abstract art in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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