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Kandinskys Life

Wassily Kandinsky was born in Moscow in 1866 and was passionate about music from a young age, playing the piano and cello. After teaching for some time, he began focusing on abstract artwork using shapes and colors, finding inspiration from music. Kandinsky believed music and color were deeply connected, with certain tones inspiring him to use specific hues and forms in his non-representational pieces. He is regarded as an influential pioneer of abstract art who passed away in 1944 at the age of 78.

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Kandinskys Life

Wassily Kandinsky was born in Moscow in 1866 and was passionate about music from a young age, playing the piano and cello. After teaching for some time, he began focusing on abstract artwork using shapes and colors, finding inspiration from music. Kandinsky believed music and color were deeply connected, with certain tones inspiring him to use specific hues and forms in his non-representational pieces. He is regarded as an influential pioneer of abstract art who passed away in 1944 at the age of 78.

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WASSILY KANDINSK Y

Wassily Kandinsky was born in December 1866 in Moscow, Russia. As a child he loved music and learned to play the piano and the cello.

After Kandinsky left school he became a teacher. When he was 30 years old he left and started

Kandinskys artwork is called ABSTRACT. His paintings are made up of lots of shapes.

Here is what his work looks like


Yellow, Red, Blue, 1925

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What shapes can you see?
Composition VIII, 1923

What colours can you see?

Kandinskys favourite music was Richard Wagner. His favourite was jazz music. He listened to music to help decide what colours and shapes to use.

Kandinsky said I see colours when I listen

Kandinsky died on the 13th December 1944. He was 78 years old.

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