By Wassily Kandinsky was the first painter to base his art on purely pictorial means of expression. Wassily abandoned the use of objects in his paintings in favor of abstraction. Kandinsky was a multi-skilled artist. He wasn’t just a painter but also an engraver and writer. Throughout the world, this Russian artist is considered one of the creators of pure abstraction in modern art. After successful leading edge art exhibitions, he founded the influential Munich group Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider, 1911-14) and began to dedicate himself solely to abstract painting. His style evolved from his first fluid and elemental…
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