Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky

Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky was a Russian artist, and one of founders of abstract art. Born in Moscow, Kandinsky spent his childhood in Odessa. In 1886 he returned to Moscow.

His father was a rich merchant who liked art. Kandinsky was influenced by his father. But Kandinsky did not pursue a career as an artist all his life. At the University of Moscow he studied law and economics.

In 1896 he moved to Munich and studied first in the private school of Anton Ažbe and then at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munish. At that time, he was already 30 years old. That was a rather late start.

From 1906 to 1908 Kandinsky stayed in Paris and Berilin with Gabriele Muenter. He broadened his knowledge through this journey.

In 1909, he helped to found the Neue Künstlervereinigung München and became its president in 1909. In 1911, Kandinsky formed a new group called The Blue Rider with Franz Marc. In the next year, the group released a yearbook called The Blue Rider Almanac.

His style changed from concrete to abstract.

Later he was forced to move to Moscow in 1916. In 1921 he returned to Germany to attend the Bauhaus of Weimar. In 1926, he wrote "Point and Line to Plane". In 1933, the Nazis closed the Bauhaus. Then he moved to Paris where he spent the rest of his life.