Composition No. 8

Date: 1923
Medium: oil on canvas
Location: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA
Dimensions: 201 x 140

When Kandinsky after the break created the first world war, he returned to his native Moscow, his expressive abstract style has undergone many changes, which reflect the artistic avant-garde experiments in Russia. Many artists working with geometric patterns began to create a universal aesthetic language, which Kandinskyho inspired to expand vlastího picture dictionary. The composition 8, colorful and playful geometric shapes creates vibrant surface that is both dynamic and calm, aggressive and quiet. Importance circles in this painting outlines their dominant role in Kandinskyho later work. The circle, claimed author, is a synthesis of the biggest contradictions. Combines concentricity with eccentricity in one shape and balance. Of the three main bodies circle the most points to the existence of a fourth dimension.

Kandinsky painted picture Composition No. 8 in 1923. Prevailing color of this fine art print is vivid and its shape is landscape. Original size is 201 x 140. This art piece is located in Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA. This image is printed on demand - you can choose material, size and finishing.

Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944). Russian painter and art theorist. One of the most famous painters of the 20th century. He gained fame through his abstract paintings. After the First World War, he moved to Germany, where he worked until 1933, when he fled the Nazis to France. He lived in France until his death. Kandinsky worked a long way to get to his abstract painting technique (he was fascinated by symbolism and the psychology of colour). Kandinsky’s most famous works belong to the Bauhaus movement - an artistic movement of the 20s and 30s. It is characterized by sharp, geometric shapes (circles, wedges, triangles, etc.), clear colours and thoughtful treatment of surfaces. Perhaps the most famous work of this era is Yellow - red - blue (1925).