Кандинский, Василий Васильевич

Painter, graphic artist, art theorist

Born Moscow, 4 December 1866

Died Neuilly-sur-Seine, 13 December 1944

Kandinsky spent his childhood in Odessa. He studied Law at the Moscow University and taught at the University op Dorpat. In 1896 Kandinsky settled in Munich and studied at the Azbe Art School. After the outbreak of the war, Kandinsky returned to Moscow. After the revolution he was involved in the new government but did not agree with the new art theories. In 1921 he returned to Germany and taught at the Bauhaus school of art and architecture. In 1933 he moved to France and became in 1939 a French citizen.

1911-12

1913-14

1918-19

1920

1922-23

1924-25

1926-27

1928-29

1930

1933

1936-37

1939

1945-46

1947, 1949

1953

1957-58

1962, 1965

1970

1972

1973

1978-79

1980

1981-82

1984

1986

1989-90

1991-92

1994-95

1998-99

2000

2008