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Facts About Wassily Kandinsky

1866 – 1944

  • Wassily Kandinsky was born in Moscow in Russia.
  • His birthday was 16th December 1866.
  • He died aged 77 on 13th December 1944 in France.
  • He studied law and economics at the University of Moscow.
  • He was 30 years old when he began painting.
  • Kandinsky was a synaesthete. This meant he could hear colours and see sounds.

As part of my online art lesson about Wassily Kandinsky we had to paint our own version of his Color Study. Squares with Concentric Circles 1913. I painted mine in gouache.

My version of Color Study. Squares with Concentric Circles 1913.
My version of Color Study. Squares with Concentric Circles 1913.

For my final piece I decided to paint an abstract painting using circles as the base for my design. I used gouache on paper. I am really happy with the result of the painting because the circles worked well to create the waves.

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