Wassily Kandinsky

Born on: December 16, 1866

Died on: December 13, 1944

Claude Monet- Wheatstacks, 1890-1891

Odessa Port1898

The Singer1903

Angel Of The Last Judgement1911

Composition VI1913

• “Colour is the keyboard, the eyes are the hammers, the soul is the piano with many strings. The artist is the hand that plays, touching one key or another purposively, to cause vibrations in the soul.”

Klein Welten1922

Circles In A Circle1923

Several Circles1926

Thirty1937

The Last Watercolour1944

Alexej Jawlensky

• Alexander Sakharoff • Prece

• Style- Expressionist• Inspired by colour• Influenced by Monet’s Painting, Wheatstacks• Musically inspired by Richard Wagner's Lohengrin;

Said that this pushed the limits of music.• Made no initial effort to study art; simply began to

paint.• Created Der Blaue Reiter, which was a group of artists

which promoted the spiritual and abstraction in art.• He had synaesthesia, which allowed him to hear

colour and see music and sounds.• Became one of the first and most influential creators of

abstract art.