Wassily Kandinsky

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abstract artist art theorist human painter

Wassily Kandinsky was a pioneering Russian painter and art theorist widely regarded as one of the founders of abstract art and a major influence on modernist painting.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	abstract artist → art theorist → human → painter →
artSeries	Compositions → Impressions → Improvisations →
birthCountry	Russian Empire →
birthDate	1866-12-16 →
birthPlace	Moscow →
citizenship	France → Germany → Russian Empire →
coFounded	Der Blaue Reiter →
coFounderWith	Franz Marc →
colorTheory	association of colors with sounds and emotions →
deathCountry	France →
deathDate	1944-12-13 →
deathPlace	Neuilly-sur-Seine →
educatedAt	Academy of Fine Arts, Munich → Moscow State University →
familyName	Kandinsky →
fieldOfWork	art theory → painting →
formerSpouse	Anja Tschimiakin →
fullName	Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky →
genre	abstract painting → lyrical abstraction →
givenName	Wassily →
influenced	Jackson Pollock → Paul Klee → Piet Mondrian → abstract expressionism → modern art →
influencedBy	Claude Monet → Impressionism → Richard Wagner → Theosophy →
knownFor	founding abstract art → pioneering non-representational painting →
language	German → Russian →
memberOf	Der Blaue Reiter →
movement	Der Blaue Reiter → Expressionism → Modernism → abstract art →
notableIdea	non-objective painting → spiritual in art →
notableWork	Black and Violet → Composition IV → Composition VII → Composition VIII → Composition X → Concerning the Spiritual in Art → Improvisation 28 → On White II → Point and Line to Plane → Several Circles → Squares with Concentric Circles → Yellow-Red-Blue →
occupation	art theorist → painter → printmaker → teacher →
religion	Russian Orthodox Church →
residence	Dessau → Moscow → Munich → Paris → Weimar →
spouse	Nina Kandinsky →
studiedField	economics → law →
taughtAt	Bauhaus → Bauhaus Dessau →

Referenced by (20)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
August Macke → Gabriele Münter → Paul Klee →	influencedBy
Franz Marc →	associatedWith
Wassily Kandinsky paintings →	creator
Reina Sofía Museum ("Vassily Kandinsky") →	creatorOfCollectionIncludes
Neue Galerie New York →	exhibitsWorkBy
Wassily Kandinsky ("Kandinsky") →	familyName
Der Blaue Reiter →	foundedBy
Wassily Kandinsky ("Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky") →	fullName
Der Blaue Reiter →	hasMember
Abstract art →	hasNotableArtist
The Phillips Collection →	hasWorkBy
Edvard Munch →	influenced
Bauhaus →	keyFigure
Salon des Indépendants →	notableExhibitor
Modernism →	notableFigure
Bauhaus movement →	notableMember
Expressionism →	notableProponent
Gabriele Münter →	partner