Kandinsky Paintings By Kassian Cho Period 3
History of Wassily Kandinsky Kandinsky was born in Moscow on1866 His mother was Muscovite and his father was from around Mongolia He did not start painting till he was about 30 years old He is known for completing the first nonobjective painting He started off painting abstract but the forms were recognizable Eventually the form became shapes, color and lines
Wassily Kandinsky, Study for Composition No. 2 1909-1910 Oil on Canvas
The painting is about the bridge between life and death It is an oil on canvas painting The painting is abstract On the left side of the painting, it is gloomy while the right side seems to represent paradise The horse and rider in the middle represents the bridge from the apocalypse to paradise Paradise apocalypse Horse and Rider
Wassily Kandinsky, Improvisation 28, 1912 oil on canvas
Very similar to Composition No. 2 Shares the same theme of Death and the Afterlife but also has the theme of War This painting also shows the apocalypse on one side and the heavenly kingdom on the other side Also has horses in the middle riding towards Paradise Heavenly Kingdom Apocalypse/ War Paradise Represents Horses Floods
Wassily Kandinsky, Study for Composition No. 4, 1913, Oil on Canvas
Represents an apocalyptical battle that will end in peace The left side represents war while the right represents peace Three Cossacks are standing in the middle and two of them are holding lances (the two black lines in the middle) On the top left, two Cossacks weilding purple swords fight in battle Cossacks in Battle Peace War 3 Cossacks
All three paintings have the same theme of apocalypse and redemption or War and Peace
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