Well, we will indeed see how things develop and what will become of our art! In any case, artists should remain apolitical and only think of their wo… - Wassily Kandinsky

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Well, we will indeed see how things develop and what will become of our art! In any case, artists should remain apolitical and only think of their work and dedicate all their energies to this work.

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About Wassily Kandinsky

Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky (December 4 or 16, 1866 - December 13, 1944) — was a Russian painter and art theorist and one of the leading figures in Blaue Reiter. One of the most important 20th-century artists, he is credited with painting the first modern abstract art works.

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Alternative Names: Wassily Wassiljewitsch Kandinsky Vasili Vasilevich Kandinsky Vasilii Vasilevich Kandinskii Vasily Vasil'yevich Kandinsky Vasilij Kandinski Vasilij Vasil'evic Kandinskij Vasily Kandinsky Vasilij Kandinskij Vasily. Kandinsky Vasilij Vasil'evič Kandinskij Wassili Kandinsky Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky Vasili Vasileevich Kandinsky Vasilĭi Vasilʹevich Kandinskĭi Vasilij Vasilijevitch Kandynski Wassily Kandinski Basile W. Kandinsky Wahsili Kang-ting-ssu-chi Vassily Kandinsky Kandinsky w. kandinsky Vasili Vasil'evich Kandinski
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The disharmoniousness (one might say, the negative rhythm) of the individual forms was that which primarily drew me, attracted me, during the period to which this watercolor belongs. The so-called rhythmic always comes on its own because in general the person himself is rhythmically built. Thus at least on the surface, the rhythmic is innate in people. Children, 'primitive' peoples, and laymen draw rhythmically..
In that period my soul was especially enchanted by the not-fitting-together of drawn and painterly form. Line serves the plane in that the former bounds the latter. And it makes my heart race in those cases when the independent plane springs over the confining line: line and plane are not in tune! It was this that produced a strong inner emotion in me, the inner 'ah!

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I have just finished one painting and am already at work on the preliminary drawings for the next one. I must do something in order to get rid of such habits or I won't manage to find time for any vacation. I have had this new painting in my mind since January, and must get it down on canvas.

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