Kandinsky - Contents

Biography

München + Murnau 1901-14.

1. Early and Spiritual Paintings

2. The Birth of Abstract Painting

3. Moscow 1915-21

4. Bauhaus-Weimar 1921-34

5. Neuilly-sur-Seine 1934-44

Wassily Kandinsky

1866-1944

Kandinsky München 1913

München + Murnau

1901 - 1914

2. The Birth of Abstract Painting

 

 

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Year

Title and Dimension (cm)

Location

 

 

 

 

1909

Houses

Oil on canvas 97 x 131

Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus München

1909

Murnau with Rainbow

Oil on cardboard 32.9 x 42.8

Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus München

1909

Study for Improvisation 2

"Funeral March"

Oil on cardboard 49.8 x 69.8

Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus München

1909

Improvisation 2

"Funeral March"

Oil on canvas 94 x 130

Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus München

1909

Winterlandscape 1

Oil on canvas 75.5 x 97.5

Ermitage St. Petersburg

1909

Straight Road in Kochel

Oil on cardboard 33 x 44.8

Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus München

1909

Murnau, Castle and Church

Oil on cardboard 33 x 44.7

Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus München

1909

Improvisation 4

Oil on canvas 107 x 159

State Art Museum Gorkij

1909

Painting with Archer

Oil on canvas 177 x 147

Museum of Modern Art New York

1909

Kuppeln-Copulas

Oil on canvas 85 x 116

State Art Museum Astrakhan

1909

Improvisation-Berg

Oil on canvas 109.5 x 109.7

Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus München

1909

Orientalisches - Orientalisms

Oil and tempera on cardboard

70 x 97.5

Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus München

1909-10

Improvisation 6

Oil and tempera on canvas

107.5 x 96

Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus München

1910

Improvisation 7

Oil on canvas 131 x 97

Tretyakov Gallery Moscow

1910

Glasbild with Sun

(Small pleasures of Bavaria)

Mixed media behind glas

Precursor of "Kleine Freuden" (1913)

Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus München

1910

Improvisation 11

Oil on canvass 97.5 x 106.5

Russian Museum St. Petersburg

1910

Study for Composition II

Oil on canvas 97.5 x 130.5

Guggenheim Museum New York

1910

Mountainous Landscape with Church

Oil on cardboard 32.7 x 44.8

Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus München

1910

Church in Murnau I

Oil and watercolor on cardboard 64.9 x 50.2

Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus München

1910

The Cow

Oil, tempera and crayon on canvas 95.5 x 105

Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus München

1910-11

St. George II

Oil on canvas 107 x 95

Russian Museum St. Petersburg

1911

Impression 3 (Concert)

Oil on Canvas 77.5 x 100

 

Synesthetic Elements in Impression 3

Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus München

1911

Composition IV

Oil on Canvas 160 x 250

Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen

Düsseldorf

1911

Improvisation 19

Oil on Canvas 120 xs 141.5

 

Comments to Improvisation 19

Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus München

1911

Improvisation 20

Oil on canvas 94.5 x 108

Pushkin Museum, Moscow

1911

Arab with Pitcher

Oil on canvas 106 x 158

State Museum Erevan

1911

Bild mit Kreis (Picture with Circle)

Oil on Canvas 139 x 111

 

Kandinsky considered this his first "abstract" painting

Pushkin Museum Moscow

1911

Impression 28 (2)

Watercolor on paper 39 x 56

Guggenheim Museum New York

1911

Improvisation 21 A

Oil, tempera and charcoal on canvas 96 x 195.3

Kloster Andechs and Ammersee under a black Cloud, see Kleine Freuden (1913) and Glasbild with Sun (1910)

Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus München

1912

Schwarzer Fleck (Black Spot)

Oil on canvas 100 x 130

Russian Museum St. Petersburg

1913

Sketch for "Kleine Freuden"

Watercolor on Paper

238 x 315 (!)

Musee Pompidou Paris

1913

Kleine Freuden - Small Pleasures

Oil on canvas

109.8 x 119.7

Comments by Hans Roethel

Guggenheim Museum New York

1913

Improvisation "Sintflut" (Deluge)

Oil on canvas 95.2 x 150

Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus München

1913

Composition VI (Deluge)

Oil on canvas 195 x 300 (!)

Comments by Kandinsky

Ermitage Moscow

1913

Landscape (Dünaberg near Murnau)

Oil on canvas 88.5 x 100

Ermitage St. Petersburg

1913

Improvisation 34 (Orient II)

Oil on canvas 120 x 139

State Museum of the Tartar Republic, Kazan

1913

Sketch 2 for Painting with white Border (Moscow)

Oil on cardboard 70 x 104

Russian Museum St. Petersburg

1913

Painting with white Border

Oil on canvas 140 x 200

Comments by Hans Roethel

Guggenheim Museum New York

1913

Arc and Point

Oil on canvas 47 x 42

Guggenheim Museum New York

1913

Composition VII (Sketch 1)

Oil and tempera on canvas

78.5 x 100.5

Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus München

1913

Composition VII (Sketch 3)

Watercolor, pencil, and ink on paper

18.5 x 27.1

Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus München

1913

Composition VII (Version 1)

Oil on canvas 78 x 100

Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus München

1913

Composition VII (Version 2)

Oil on canvas 100.2 x 140.2

Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus München

1913

Composition VII (Version 3)

Oil and tempera on canvas

90.2 x 125.2

Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus München

1913

Composition VII

Oil on canvas 200 x 300

Comments by Hans Roethel

Tretyakov Gallery Moscow

1913

"Träumerische Improvisation" (Dreamlike Improvisation, Sketch)

Watercolor, ink and pen on paper 39.9.9 x 35.8

Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus München

1913

"Glasbild mit rotem Fleck" (Behind-glass painting with red Spot)

Tempera, ink and lazur behind glas 27 x 23.6

Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus München

1914

"Zum Thema Sintflut" (Relating to the Theme Deluge)

Oil, guache, and watercolors on sack cloth 108.4 x 140

Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus München

1914

Improvisation "Klamm" (Gorge)

Oil and Guache on canvas

110 x 110.3

Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus München

1914

Design Sketch for a Wallpainting for Edwin Campbell

Watercolor, guache, ink, and pencil on paper

33.4 x 25.1

Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus München

1914

Improvisation 1

also known as "Small Study for a Painting No.1 for Edwin Campbell (Winter)"

Oil and guache on cardboard

65 x 50.2

Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus München

1914

Study for Painting No.2 (Spring) for Edwin Campbell

Oil and guache on cardboard

65 x 50.4

Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus München

1914

Large Study for Panting No. 3 (Summer) for Edwin Campbell

Oil on canvas 99 x 59.5

Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus München

1914

Painting 1 for Edwin.Campbell

Oil on canvas 163 x 89

Museum of Modern Art New York

1914

Painting 2 for Edwin.Campbell

Oil on canvas 163 x 124

Museum of Modern Art New York

1914

Painting 4 for Edwin.Campbell

Oil on canvas 163 x 124

Museum of Modern Art New York

1914

Composition with cold Forms

Oil on canvas 119 x 139

Tretyakov Gallery Moscow