2. Birth name: Wassily Wassilyevich Kandisky Born: 18-12-1866 Died: 13-12-1944 (77years old) Nationality: Russian Occupation: Painting

3. He was Well educated, his parents were upper-class with mixed ethnic origins. His father was born close to Mongolia, while his mother was a Muscovite, and his grandmother was from the German-speaking, Baltic. Most of Kandinsky's childhood was spent in Odessa, city populated by Western Europeans, Mediterraneans, and a variety of other ethnic groups. At an early age, Kandinsky had a very strong sensitivity toward sounds, words, and colours. His father encouraged his unique and precocious gift for the arts and enrolled him in private drawing classes, as well as piano and cello lessons. Despite early exposure to the arts, Kandinsky did not turn to painting until he reached the age of 30. Instead, he entered the University of Moscow in 1886 to study law, ethnography, and economics.

4. First name is spelled Wassily or Vassily, pronounced Vassily. Moved back to Russia 1914-1921; painted little in this time. Married Nina Andreievskaya in 1916. Taught at the Bauhaus school from 1922 to 1933.