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Painting by Vasily Kandinsky, c. 1915
| Content Provider | Art Institute of Chicago |
|---|---|
| Artist | Vasily Kandinsky |
| Spatial Coverage | Russia |
| Temporal Coverage | 1910-1920 |
| Description | Filled with shifting forms and colors that push forward and recede, this watercolor appears completely abstract at first glance. But deeper examination reveals references to landscape, including a hilltop town illuminated by a deep red sun at upper left. Forced by World War I to leave Germany, where he had lived since 1898, Vasily Kandinsky returned to Moscow in 1914. Restricted by limited space and financial resources, he concentrated on small-scale works primarily in watercolor, of which Untitled is a particularly fine example. It epitomizes the artist's balance between representation and non-representation in this period. [A work made of watercolor and touches of opaque watercolor on ivory wove paper.] |
| File Format | JPG / JPEG |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris |
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| Use Rights URL | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ |
| Subject Keyword | Paper (fiber Product) Drawings (visual Works) Wove Paper Watercolor Prints and Drawings Artworks Drawing and Watercolor |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Painting |
| Object Type | Drawing |
