Composition VII, Wassily Kandinsky
Wassily Kandinsky·Composition VII·1913·Oil on canvas·State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow↓

Wassily Kandinsky Russian, 1866 – 1944

Composition VII, 1913

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A storm of colour and line that Kandinsky considered the most complex work he made before the war. Behind the turbulence lie themes of resurrection, the Last Judgement and the Flood, dissolved into pure abstraction.

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He made more than thirty preparatory studies, then painted the final canvas in about four days.

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