Video: "Composition VII" by Kandinsky is a masterpiece of abstract art, sketches for which were made more than 30 times
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
The beginning of the twentieth century became an era of changes in all spheres of life and art. Painting was no exception. Artists were looking for new forms of expression in the visual arts. Abstractionism became the logical continuation of Cubism and Futurism. One of the brightest representatives of this trend is Wassily Kandinsky. Some call his canvases "daubs", while others cannot take their eyes off the bright compositions for a long time. At the same time, no one remains indifferent.
The painting "Composition VII" is called the apogee of Wassily Kandinsky's creativity. To a person far from art, it may seem that the canvas depicts just stains and blots, but before starting to paint the picture, the artist did a lot of preparatory work. He made over thirty sketches in pencil, oil, watercolor. The canvas itself was painted by Kandinsky in four days from 25 to 28 November 1913.
It is known that the artist was a synestheticist who perceived the world in his own way. He could see sounds, hear colors. "Composition VII" - these are color fragments of different intensity, interspersed with acute-angled and smooth combinations. Studying the artist's archives, art critics came to the conclusion that Vasily Vasilyevich depicted several themes in his painting: Resurrection from the dead, Judgment Day, the Flood and the Garden of Eden.
The author himself described the creation as follows:.
The works of Wassily Kandinsky still evoke genuine interest of the viewer. They often come in to the lists of the most expensive paintings sold at auctions.
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