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Kandinsky

Kandinsky

6 8.6
A Russian painter who helped start abstract art
  • proper noun
: Kandinsky
  • I know how inspired we all were by our trip to the Guggenheim and seeing those paintings by Kandinsky.
  • Wassily Kandinsky
  • Vasily Kandinsky
  • Kandinsky's abstract painting

And there's good examples of, of musicians, painters, Kandinsky.

Examples

  • I know how inspired we all were by our trip to the Guggenheim and seeing those paintings by Kandinsky.

  • Kandinsky's abstract painting grew from the precisely drawn outlines of the church and the town square.

    Academic text (2010)
  • Those pictures are by a very great artist named Kandinsky.

  • The artist's name is Kandinsky.

  • Let's take a look at this painting by the artist Kandinsky.

  • Just came across a first edition of Kandinsky's Theory of Color.

  • The links between color interests and musical skills in Matisse, Kandinsky, and Klee, for example, have always impressed critics.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Wassily Kandinsky's acquisition of German citizenship in early 1928 provided another occasion for a celebration, which he attended wearing traditional German Lederhosen.

    Academic text (2003)
  • The Galerie showed work by such established artists as Vasily Kandinsky and Paul Klee from the Galerie der Sturm in Berlin and put on afternoon teas and art history lectures.

    Academic text (2014)
  • The Guggenheim Museum hosted an exhibition dedicated to the innovative paintings of Kandinsky.

Synonyms

Wassily Kandinsky
vsKandinsky
1 8.5

A Russian painter who wrote about art and helped create abstract art

emphasizes leading pioneer role in abstract art rather than the theorist role

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Kandinsky is the family name of the Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky, who helped start 'abstract art'. Because his work used bright colors and simple shapes instead of real scenes, the name Kandinsky now makes people think of bold, colorful, non-real paintings.