Wassily Kandinsky

Wassily Kandinsky was a Russian painter, printmaker, and art theorist.
* He is considered a pioneer of abstract art.
* He was born in Moscow in 1866.
* He studied law and economics at the University of Moscow.
* He moved to Munich in 1896 to study art.
* He co-founded the Der Blaue Reiter group in 1911.
* He taught at the Bauhaus school in Weimar from 1922 to 1933.
* He fled Nazi Germany for France in 1933.
* He died in Paris in 1944.

Kandinsky's work is characterized by its use of bold colors and geometric shapes. He believed that art could express the spiritual world, and his paintings often evoke a sense of emotion or mood. He is one of the most important figures in the history of abstract art, and his work continues to inspire artists today.