Kandinsky (1866-1944)

Kandinsky (1866-1944)

Wassily Kandinsky's work(1866-1944) demands an intuitive response, yet his paintings have density and vitality, and a radiant freshness of feeling that impresses us even though we are uncertain what exactly the artist has expressed. Kandinsky's (or any artist's) ideas are not important to us unless we are convinced of the importance of his pictures. In applying the term "abstraction" to his work it is taken to mean the result of analysing and simplifying observed reality. Abstraction means "to draw away from, to separate." [MH] {NR}