Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky was a Russian painter and art theorist. Kandinsky is generally credited as one of the pioneers of abstraction in western art. Born in Moscow, he spent his childhood in Odessa, where he graduated from Odessa Art... Wikipedia
Born: December 16, 1866, Moscow, Russia
Died: December 13, 1944 (age 77 years), Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Periods: Expressionism, Modern art, Der Blaue Reiter, and more
Influenced by: Pablo Picasso, Vincent van Gogh, Henri Matisse, and more
Children: Vsevolod Kandinsky
Parents: Lidia Ivanovna Tikheeva and Vasili Silverstrovich
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