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Wassily Kandinsky“I applied streaks and blobs of color onto the canvas with a palette knife and I made them sing with all the intensity
I could...”
Who is Wassily Kandinsky?
• Wassily Kandinsky was born on December, 16th in Moscow 1866.
• He was a Russian painter, printmaker and art theorist.
• He was one of the most famous 20th-century artists, he is credited with painting the first modern abstract works.
Kandinsky & his early training…He was 30 before he went to Munich, Germany and began to truly study art. He focused, at first, on creating sketches and studies of human bodies.
He settled in Germany after World War I where he taught art at the Bauhaus school and painted until the Nazis came into power. At that point (1933), he went back to France where he remained for the rest of his life.
Farewell 1903
Colorful Life 1907
Realistic to Abstract
• Kandinsky’s earliest paintings were quite realistic.
• Then he moved into a style similar to that of the Impressionists before he began creating completely abstract paintings.
Picture with Archer 1909
Improvisation 26 (Oars) 1912
Color, Color, and More Color!
• Kandinsky was especially interested in color, even as a child. Beginning in his earlier, more realistic paintings, Kandinsky used color to show emotion rather than to make objects look real.
• As he grew as an artist, Kandinsky became more concerned with the power of color in describing what he was feeling. He wanted to use color to make his viewers feel emotion, too.
Picture XVI, The Great
Gate of Kiev1928
Composition X
1939.
He Preferred Abstract • Gradually, Kandinsky’s work became more abstract.
• He began to paint objects as patches of color instead of painting perfect details such as facial features or individual leaves on trees.
• He liked the abstract more than the realistic.
• As he grew as an artist, his figures became less realistic until the viewer could no longer identify known objects in his paintings.
Kandinsky’s Legacy• Kandinsky was trying to
create the same effect on a viewer of his paintings as a beautiful piece of music has on a listener.
• Kandinsky Died December 13, 1944 in France
• Kandinsky’s ideas about art are possibly more important than even the paintings he created. He wrote three books about his ideas.
Ways to Teach Kandinsky Art…
What's left in art when you take away anything that looks like something? Kandinsky did it---leaving color, line,
shapes, and angles!
Kandinsky Colorweaver
Wassily Kandinsky made a beautiful
painting called "Color Studies" back in the early 1900's that is
fun to imitate with oil pastels instead of
watercolor.
Kandinsky Geometry
The purpose of the activity is for kids to learn to measure
diameter, radius, and circumference of a circle. This activity is good for 3rd and 4th
graders.
CIRCLES IN CIRCLE1923
A LITTLE KANDINSKY
• Students explore the expressive qualities of line and color through the study of Wassily Kandinsky. They will also become more familiar with the painting process, as well as different kinds of colors and lines.
• Grade: K-2 (adaptable for other grades)
• Age: 4-6
Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944)Composition VIII 1923
Responding to Music with Paint!
Music was very important to
Kandinsky’s beliefs about art. This lesson
can be used to incorporate music into
your students art.
Kandinsky Circles
Introduce students to the artwork of Wassily
Kandinsky.
Students create their own circle drawing using oil
pastels making sure to color in slowly and carefully.
Good for 1st Grade
The End
Created By Sara Pittack
Art Methods
Fall 2012