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Also Known As Vasily Vasilyevich Kandinsky
Born December 16, 1866 • Moscow • Russia
Died December 13, 1944 (aged 77) • Neuilly-sur-Seine • France
Notable Works “Composition VIII”
Movement / Style abstract art • Abstraction-Création • Der Blaue Reiter • Die Blaue Vier • Neue Künstlervereinigung
Subjects Of Study visual arts • philosophy

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Wassily Kandinsky: Painting with Green Center
Wassily Kandinsky: Houses at Murnau
Wassily Kandinsky: Landscape with Two Poplars
Wassily Kandinsky: Improvisation No. 30 (Cannons)
Composition VIII
Poster for an exhibition held on Wassily Kandinsky's 60th birthday, designed by Herbert Bayer, 1926.
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