Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944) - Yellow Red Blue - Bauhaus Artprint Offsetlithographie - 60 x 80 cm

Wassily Kandinsky Artprint Yellow Red Blue in the 80 x 60 cm format on smooth paper in perfect, like-new condition.

- printed and issued by Kunstverlag circa 1990-2010
- sourced directly from Kunstverlag
- since then professionally, light-protected stored in a graphic warehouse

Artist: Wassily Kandinsky
Title: Yellow Red Blue
Type: Poster Art Print
Art: high-quality art print
Technique: offset printing
Originality: reproduction

Overall size: 60.0 x 80.0 cm
Condition: very good condition
Publisher: Kunstverlag

Style: Expressionism
Era: Modern Art
Nationality: Russian Art
Copyright: VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 1999, Published by UP. Universal Prints, Hamburg 1999, Printed in Germany

Wassily Kandinsky:
Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944) was a Russian painter and art theorist, regarded as one of the founders of abstract art and modern expressionism. His works and theories have had a lasting influence on the development of modern art. Kandinsky believed that art should possess a spiritual dimension and that abstract forms and colors can express emotional and mental states.

Kandinsky's early works were heavily influenced by the Impressionists, especially Claude Monet, whose work "The Wheat Sheaf" inspired him to a new perception of color and form. This encounter led to his conviction that art should go beyond the mere representation of reality and address deeper emotional and spiritual levels.

A central influence on Kandinsky's path to abstraction was Paul Cézanne, who introduced the analytical decomposition of form and color into his paintings. Cézanne's approach of breaking nature down into geometric shapes paved the way for Kandinsky's later abstract compositions. This method of reduction to basic shapes also influenced artists like Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, who developed Cubism, a movement pursuing parallel goals of analytical depiction and dissolution of forms.

Kandinsky was an important part of the expressionist movement and, together with Franz Marc and other artists, founded the group "Der Blaue Reiter" (The Blue Rider). This group also included artists such as August Macke, Gabriele Münter, and Paul Klee. In particular, Klee shared with Kandinsky an interest in linking music and painting, which is evident in Klee's poetic and often symbolic works. The artists of The Blue Rider sought an art form that emphasized inner expression and went beyond mere outer appearance.

Fauvism, represented by artists such as Henri Matisse and André Derain, also influenced Kandinsky, especially through the use of strong, unmixed colors to evoke emotional reactions. The Fauves and Kandinsky shared the belief that colors can produce powerful emotional effects.

Beyond these influences, Kandinsky was strongly influenced by Russian folk art and the bright colors of Orthodox icons, which is reflected in his intensive palette and his preference for symbolic elements. His engagement with the spiritual aspects of art also led to engagement with the writings of Helena Blavatsky and Theosophy, as expressed in his work "Concerning the Spiritual in Art" (1911). This treatise emphasized the role of art as a means of spiritual uplift and expression of the unconscious.

Kandinsky's time at the Bauhaus, where he taught from 1922 to 1933, allowed him to further develop his theories of abstract art. Here he was in close contact with artists like László Moholy-Nagy and Josef Albers, who also developed innovative concepts about the relationship between form, color, and space. The collaboration with Paul Klee at the Bauhaus led to a fruitful exchange of ideas and techniques.

In abstract art Kandinsky shared the stage with artists like Piet Mondrian and Kasimir Malevich. While Mondrian pursued universal order through the reduction to horizontal and vertical lines and Malevich sought a pure form of abstraction with Suprematism, Kandinsky valued the expressive power of color and form to express inner emotions.

Kandinsky's work has left a lasting mark on art history, and his theories of abstract art and the expression of the spiritual in art have influenced many artists and art movements. His paintings are today exhibited in the world's most important museums, and his writings remain foundational to art theory.

Contemporary Bauhaus-related artists:
Paul Klee, Lyonel Feininger, Oskar Schlemmer, László Moholy-Nagy, Johannes Itten, Josef Albers, Anni Albers, Georg Muche, Marcel Breuer, Hannes Meyer, Walter Gropius, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Gunta Stölzl, Herbert Bayer, Marianne Brandt, Max Bill, Alfred Arndt, Carl Fieger, Wilhelm Wagenfeld, Hin Bredendieck, Werner Drewes, Xanti Schawinsky, Friedrich Kiesler, Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, Peter Keler, Franz Ehrlich, Heinrich Neuy, Andreas Feininger, Ella Bergmann-Michel, Ludwig Hilberseimer

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