1. Wassily Kandinsky Pioneer of the Abstract Movement 1866-1944

2. Born in Russia 1866

3. Wassily was born into a well-to-do family, the son of a business man in a good cultural environment As a boy he learned to play the piano, the cello and learned to draw He really loved to draw and later wrote… “I remember that drawing and a little bit later painting lifted me out of reality.”

4. A Lawyer? Wassily’s parents wanted him to become a lawyer so they sent him to law school in 1866…six years later he graduated with honors… By the time he was thirty he was appointed Professor to the Department of Law But he was unhappy and decided to leave his successful career to become a painter

5. Kandinsky was influenced by the Impressionists Munich Schwabing with the Church of Strursala - 1908

6. Wassily entered Anton Azbe’s (Yugoslavian artist) prestigious private painting school He learned about image composition line and form – but soon grew bored He then attended Munich Academy of Arts He worked in exclusively in the Black and White spectrum

10. Study of Abstract Squares

11. Project Circle Mural Turn over your paper and write your name and the Number/Letter on your circle Using Oil Pastels Color in the circles as full as you can! When finished – cut out along the line… Turn in when you are finished! Grab a work sheet and continue coloring