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What is Wassily Kandinsky style of art?
Wassily Kandinsky's art is largely in the style of Expressionism. The movement began in the early 20th century and focused on conveying the emotional aspects of the subject. Expressionist paintings tend to feature bright colors and dramatic lines. Find a range of Wassily Kandinsky art on 1stDibs.
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Bogenschütze (Roethel 79), XXe Siècle, Wassily Kandinsky
By Wassily Kandinsky
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Woodcut on wove paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, XXe Siècle, n°3, July-August-September 1938. Published and printed und...
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1930s Modern Landscape Prints

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Woodcut

Klänge
By Wassily Kandinsky
Located in Wilton, CT
Klänge (Sounds) is one of the first examples of an artist’s book and contains both poems and woodcuts by Kandinksy. Of the 25 hors-texte illustrations, 12 are in color and 13 are in...
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1910s Post-Impressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

"Orientalisches" original woodcut
By Wassily Kandinsky
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original woodcut. (Catalogue reference Roethel 106). Printed in 1975 on Arches paper for the "Homage to Kandinsky" special edition of the art revue XXe Siecle. Image size: 4 ...
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1970s Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Bunt im Dreieck
By Wassily Kandinsky
Located in London, GB
Wassily Kandinsky
 Bunt im Dreieck, 1965
 Lithograph in colours on Arches paper
 Signed in the plate
 50 x 37.5 cm
 Sheet: 74 x 45.5 cm
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1960s Abstract Geometric Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

'Improvisation 7' original first ed. woodcut from 'Klänge' by Wassily Kandinsky
By Wassily Kandinsky
Located in Milwaukee, WI
The present woodcut print comes from 'Klänge (Sounds),' a book of original graphics and poetry by Wassily Kandinsky. This first edition was released in an edition of 300, each book signed and numbered by the artist. The title of the album and this particular print, 'Improvisation,' demonstrated Kandinsky's interest in music and how abstract musical forms could be translated into images on a two-dimensional surface. This particular composition is difficult to read, but through the abstraction, one can make out various figures and a landscape beyond. 7.5 x 5 inches, image 22 x 19.5 inches, frame Woodcut in black ink on laid paper (watermark Van Gelder Zonen) Signed with encircled 'K' in the block, lower right Framed to conservation standards using 100 percent acid free archival materials including silk-lined matting with 1/4 inch bevel, museum glass, and a gold-gilded moulding Ref. Roethel 124 The Museum of Modern Art described 'Klänge (Sounds)' as follows: Vasily Kandinsky's self-described "musical album," Klänge (Sounds), consists of thirty-eight prose-poems he wrote between 1909 and 1911 and fifty-six woodcuts he began in 1907. In the woodcuts Kandinsky veiled his subject matter, creating increasingly indecipherable images (though the horse and rider, his symbol for overcoming objective representation, runs through as a leitmotif). This process proved crucial for the development of abstraction in his art. Kandinsky said his choice of media sprang from an "inner necessity" for expression: the woodcuts were not merely illustrative, nor were the poems purely verbal descriptions. Kandinsky sought a synthesis of the arts, in which meaning was created through the interaction of, and space between, text and image, sound and meaning, mark and blank space. The experimental typography shows his interest in the physical aspects of the book. Klänge is one of three major publications by Kandinsky that appeared shortly before World War I, alongside Über die Geistige in der Kunst (Concerning the Spiritual in Art) and the Blaue Reiter almanac...
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1910s Blue Rider Abstract Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Reiterweg (Roethel 111), XXe Siècle, Wassily Kandinsky
By Wassily Kandinsky
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Woodcut on wove paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, XXe Siècle, n°3, July-August-September 1938. Published and printed und...
Category

1930s Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Woodcut

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