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Improvisation No. 30 (Cannons), 1913
| Content Provider | Art Institute of Chicago |
|---|---|
| Artist | Vasily Kandinsky |
| Spatial Coverage | Germany |
| Temporal Coverage | 1913 |
| Description | In his 1912 book Concerning the Spiritual in Art, Vasily Kandinsky made an analogy between music and painting as two means of abstraction, a radical mode of artmaking that freed color and line from their traditionally representational functions. Between 1910 and 1914 he produced “improvisations,” works he described as unconscious, spontaneous expressions. Kandinsky commented on Improvisation No. 30 (Cannons) in a letter to Arthur Jerome Eddy, a friend and collector from Chicago: “The cannons . . . could probably be explained by the constant war talk going on through the year [but] the true contents are what the spectator experiences while under the effect of the forms and color combinations of the picture.” [Abstract painting in various bright colors-yellow, blue, red, green, orange, pink-with lines indicating building-like structures as well as canons in the lower right corner.] |
| File Format | JPG / JPEG |
| Access Restriction | Open |
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| Subject Keyword | Oil On Canvas Oil Painting Oil Paint (paint) Century of Progress Modernism Painting (image Making) Canvas Modern Art Highlights Painting Chicago World's Fairs Blue (color) Purple (color) Yellow (color) Red (color) Weapons Cannons Artworks Modern Art |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Painting |
| Object Type | Painting |
