The works are organizedchronologically, and paintings are accompanied, when relevant, by preliminary sketches and prints. This sumptuous book includes more than 700 examples of the early genius of Vasily Kandinsky.
Lively, accessible, and lavishly illustrated, this new book offers a concise introduction to the life and work of this great master of art.
This book features more than half of the museum's deep holdings of works by Kandinsky, presenting the full arc of his artistic development and career.
Vasily Kandinsky
The catalogue explores the evolution of a Gesamtkunstwerk in the work of Kandinsky including essays by leading Kandinsky scholars on painting as a total work of art, or the artist's interest in music and theatre.
Wassily Kandinsky was a Russian painter, printmaker and art theorist. One of the most famous 20th-century artists, he is credited with painting the first modern abstract works.