Wassily Kandinsky"Motif aus Improvisation 25: The Garden of Love" - Original woodcut1938, reprinted 1959
1938, reprinted 1959
About the Item
- Creator:Wassily Kandinsky (1866 - 1944, Russian)
- Creation Year:1938, reprinted 1959
- Dimensions:Height: 12.21 in (31 cm)Width: 9.45 in (24 cm)
- Medium:
- Movement & Style:
- Period:
- Condition:
- Gallery Location:Paris, FR
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU464314064992
Wassily Kandinsky
“Color is a means of exerting a direct influence upon the soul,” wrote the pioneering abstract artist Wassily Kandinsky. The Russian-born painter and theorist dedicated his life to using abstract compositions of form and color to express deep emotion as well as to depict the language of music through visuals.
Kandinsky was part of a crucial moment in art history — the early 20th century — that saw the rise of movements like Cubism. He embraced styles such as Surrealism and Fauvism and was a leading figure in bringing together Der Blaue Reiter (the name means “The Blue Rider” after one of Kandinsky’s paintings) in 1911, a group of avant-garde artists in Munich, including Paul Klee and Franz Marc, who explored spiritual concepts through their art as a response to the materialism of the time. Kandinsky also led courses on analytical drawing and color at the Bauhaus. He was appointed by founder and architect Walter Gropius to teach in Weimar in 1922. He taught at all three of the legendary school’s locations and remained with the institution until its forced closure by the Nazi party in Berlin.
The artist had the rare and unusual trait of synesthesia, the neurological ability to perceive things using multiple senses. In Kandinsky’s case, it was the gift of “seeing” music, and music appeared in every aspect of his work, including the titles of his series “Compositions,” “Improvisations” and “Impressions.” He once described the experience of painting using a musical metaphor: “I had little thought for houses and trees, drawing colored lines and blobs on the canvas with my palette knife, and making them sing just as powerfully as I knew how.”
While Kandinsky isn’t the first abstract artist — mystically inclined painter Hilma af Klint was making nonrepresentational art well before him — he certainly had the biggest impact on establishing the style. His paintings inspired the likes of Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning and other Abstract Expressionists. From his Untitled (First Abstract Watercolor) painted in 1910 to future works, his unique take on using color and flair for bold, experimental compositions, Kandinsky is one of the most important figures of early-20th-century art.
Find original Wassily Kandinsky art, including paintings and prints, on 1stDibs.
- ShippingRetrieving quote...Ships From: Paris, France
- Return PolicyA return for this item may be initiated within 7 days of delivery.
- Rythm (Slates) - Original Woodcut PrintBy Raoul UbacLocated in Paris, FRRaoul UBAC Rythm (Slates), 1962 Original woodcut print On vellum 32 x 24 cm (c. 13 x 10 in) Excellent conditionCategory
1960s Abstract Abstract Prints
MaterialsWoodcut
- Seduction - Original woodcut (Cramer #255)By Joan MiróLocated in Paris, FRJoan MIRO Seduction Original woodcut print Unsigned On heavy Arches vellum 38 x 56 cm (c. 15 x 22 inch) REFERENCE : Catalog raisonne Miro engraver, Dupin / Cramer #255 Woodcut crea...Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Prints
MaterialsWoodcut
- Abstract Red Tabula - Original Lithograph Poster (Fondation Maeght, 1969)By Simon HantaïLocated in Paris, FRSimon HANTAI Abstract Red Tabula, 1969 Original Lithograph Poster On wove paper 70 x 48 cm (c. 28 x 19 in) Created for the artist exhibition at Fondation Maeght in 1969 Excellent ...Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Prints
MaterialsLithograph
- Flamenco : Spanish Dancer - Original lithograph (Mourlot 1972)By Sonia DelaunayLocated in Paris, FRSonia DELAUNAY Flamenco : Spanish Dancer, 1972 Original lithograph (Printed in Mourlot workshop) Unsigned On heavy paper 31 x 24 cm (c. 12 x 10 inch) Edited by San Lazzaro in 1972 ...Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
MaterialsLithograph
- Stabiles - Lithograph poster (Maeght)By Alexander CalderLocated in Paris, FRAlexander Calder Stabiles Lithograph poster Made for the exhibition of Alexander Calder at Maeght Gallery Printer: Arte Paris Editor: Maeght 77 x 55 cm (c. 30.3 x 21.6 in) Excellen...Category
1970s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints
MaterialsLithograph
- Abstract Composition - Lithograph Poster - Exhibition in Albi 1971By Alexander CalderLocated in Paris, FRAlexander CALDER Abstract Composition, 1971 Original vintage lithograph poster (Arte / Maeght workshop) Printed signature in the plate On thick paper 89 x 59 cm (c. 35 x 23,2 in) I...Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
MaterialsOffset
- Weeping CrabappleBy Helen FrankenthalerLocated in New York, NY2009 Thirty-one color Ukiyo-e style woodcut Image/sheet: 25 1/4 x 37 1/4 in. Edition of 50 Signed, dated and numbered in pencil, lower marginCategory
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
MaterialsHandmade Paper, Woodcut
- UNTITLEDBy Werner DrewesLocated in Santa Monica, CAWERNE DREWES (1899-1985) UNTITLED, 1934 Woodcut on paper, Signed, numbered, and dated in pencil Ed. 15/20. Image 13 3/8 x 11 1/8 inches. Full sheet, 17 x 12 1/8 inches deckle edge o...Category
1930s Abstract Abstract Prints
MaterialsWoodcut
- Face with a Mustache - Abstracted Lithograph by Cathleen PanttajaLocated in Soquel, CAFace with a Mustache - Abstracted Lithograph by Cathleen Panttaja Hip Woodcut Print done at the height of the Flower Power 60s, of a man with a large Moustache. Cathleen Panttaja (Am...Category
1970s Abstract Impressionist Figurative Prints
MaterialsWoodcut, Paper, Ink
- Large Abstract Woodblock Print American Woman ModernistBy Katherine PorterLocated in Surfside, FLKatherine Porter is an American artist born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa in 1941. She received her BA from Colorado College in 1963. Katherine Porter received an honorary doctorate from Colby College. She has shown twice in the Whitney Biennial and solo exhibitions at the Knoedler Gallery in London, the Nina Nielsen Gallery in Boston, and the Andre Emmerich and Salander-O'Reilly Galleries in New York. Her work is in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and the Tel Aviv Museum in Jerusalem. Her exhibitions include biennials in 1976 and 1981 at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City; 1980 at the San Francisco Museum of Fine Arts; 1981, Dartmouth College...Category
20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
MaterialsWoodcut
- Figurative Couple India Ltd Ed A/P Linocut Print Tender Days II Turquoise BrownBy Mukesh SharmaLocated in Norfolk, GBThere is a natural and raw understanding in Mukesh Sharma’s prints that depict, and are influenced by, the Rajastani communities of his home town in rura...Category
1990s Abstract Figurative Prints
MaterialsPrinter's Ink, Woodcut, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
- Scarecrow - Woodcut by José Ortega - Mid-20th CenturyBy José OrtegaLocated in Roma, ITScarecrow is a contemporary artwork realized in the mid-20th Century by Josè Ortega. Mixed colored woodcut print. The artwork is from the serie "Segadore...Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Prints
MaterialsWoodcut