WASSILY KANDINSKY

• Born in Russia in 1866• Started with painting only landscapes or

scenes outside.• He then decided to paint only shapes,

colors and lines.• One of the founders of Abstract Art.• Expressed his feelings and music through

shapes and colors.

LANDSCAPES:

What makes these landscapes abstract?

What emotion do you get from the colors used in these landscapes?

What artist ,that we have already studied, does parts of this artwork remind you of?

What emotions do you feel when looking at this artwork? Kandinsky used organic and geometric shapes like Henri Matisse used.

What types of shapes do you see?

What types of lines do you see? What kind of emotion do you feel when you’re looking at this artwork?

“Squares With Concentric Circles”