KANDINSKII  Vologda province and wrote an article about folk art; this experience was to influence his early art, which would be highly decorative and would feature bright colors contrasting with the dark background. This effective technique can be seen in such...

Collection Highlights Norton Simon Museum  Kandinsky was director of the mural painting workshop and later taught analytical drawing. His painting style in this period is characterized by an architectural sensitivity, as his characteristically precise forms and emerging geometric style developed in a context that welcomed...

Wassily Kandinsky Olga's Gallery  Moscow into a merchant family. In 1871 the family moved to Odessa, where his parents soon divorced. The boy was looked after by his aunt. In Odessa Kandinsky studied in a classical gymnasium and had private lessons in music, drawing...