Artist Influence – Wassily Kandinsky

Posted on 15/01/2015 Updated on 13/01/2015

Wassily Kandinsky is an abstract painter who is believed to have painted the first purely abstract works. From the research I’ve done to the information I know, Kandinsky used music to create his abstract works, where he painted what music would look like.

I don’t completely believe this to be related to my work, the idea of illustrating one thing as another is what I’m relating to my work. In my work I want to translate the reality in my head into methods of creating artwork; whereas Kandinsky was creating paintings using music, thus creating the abstract work which is highly known in our world.

The piece I find most interesting of Kandinsky’s is `Composition VIII,’ the variety of colour and use of line, creates a composition in depth to the painting, which would be difficult when trying to paint music.

Text above is a mix of my own opinion and research of Wassily Kandinsky.

Information and pictures found via the content below:

Kandinsky

In-text: (Grohmann, n.d.)

Bibliography: Grohmann, W. (n.d.). Kandinsky.