Wassily Kandinsky 1866 ~ 1944

An early period
An early period work "Munich-Schwabing with the Church of St. Ursula" (Kandinsky 1908)

Artistic metamorphosis (1896–1911)

Kandinsky's Der Blaue Reiter (1903)

The Blue Rider (1911–1914)
In his own words, "Composition VII" was the most complex piece he ever painted (Kandinsky 1913)

Return to Russia (1914–1921)

“

That it was a haystack the catalogue informed me. I could not recognize it. This non-recognition was painful to me. I considered that the painter had no right to paint indistinctly. I dully felt that the object of the painting was missing. And I noticed with surprise and confusion that the picture not only gripped me, but impressed itself ineradicably on my memory. Painting took on a fairy-tale power and splendour.

”

The Bauhaus (1922–1933)

"On White II" (Kandinsky 1923)

The great synthesis (1934–1944)

Composition X, painted during WWII. (Kandinsky 1939)

溫和的活力﹝Moderate Energy﹞

1944 年