Composition IV

E160775

Composition IV is an abstract painting by Wassily Kandinsky, celebrated for its vibrant colors and dynamic, non-representational forms that helped define early 20th-century abstract art.

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Composition IV canonical 5
Composition 4 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf abstract painting
painting
artHistoricalContext pre–World War I European avant-garde
artist Wassily Kandinsky
artisticPeriod early 20th century
catalogCode Composition IV self-linksurface differs
surface form: Composition 4
collection Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen collection
colorCharacteristic vibrant colors
completionDate 1911
countryOfOrigin Germany
creator Wassily Kandinsky
creatorNationality Russian
depicts abstract shapes
color fields
dynamic lines
exhibitionHistory exhibited in early Der Blaue Reiter shows
genre abstract art
non-representational art
hasInfluenceOn development of modern art theory
later abstract painters
inception 1911
influencedBy music
spirituality in art
languageOfTitle French
locatedIn Düsseldorf
Germany
location Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen
materialUsed canvas
medium oil on canvas
oil paint
movement Abstract art
Der Blaue Reiter
Expressionism
notableFor departure from figurative representation
use of color to evoke emotion
partOf early abstract works of Wassily Kandinsky
series Compositions (series by Wassily Kandinsky)
seriesPosition 4
significance important in the development of non-representational painting
key work in early abstract art
styleCharacteristic dynamic forms
non-representational forms
titleInEnglish Composition IV self-link

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wassily Kandinsky notableWork Composition IV
Composition III followedBy Composition IV
Composition V follows Composition IV
Composition IV catalogCode Composition IV self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Composition 4
Composition IV titleInEnglish Composition IV self-link