Kandinsky: The Path to Abstraction

Hartwig Fischer, Sean Rainbird, Shulamith Behr

ISBN 10: 1854376241 / ISBN 13: 9781854376244

Published by TATE, 2006

About this Item

: Este libro, publicado para acompañar una exposición en la Tate Modern de Londres y el Kunstmuseum de Basilea, explora los años formativos de Wassily Kandinsky y su transición de la pintura figurativa al arte abstracto. Inspirado por escenas folclóricas rusas y los colores intensos del paisaje del sur de Alemania, Kandinsky cofundó el grupo expresionista "Blaue Reiter". Gradualmente, eliminó los detalles descriptivos en su pintura, buscando una nueva realidad espiritual más cercana a la música que al mundo físico. EAN: 9781854376244 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Arte y Cultura Título: Kandinsky: The Path to Abstraction Autor: Hartwig Fischer| Sean Rainbird| Shulamith Behr Editorial: TATE Idioma: en Páginas: 224 Formato: tapa blanda.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Kandinsky: The Path to Abstraction
• Publisher: TATE
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1854376241
• ISBN 13: 9781854376244
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Muy bueno

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Synopsis

Wassily Kandinsky pioneered abstract art and is a key figure in the history of Modern painting. His move from figurative painting to abstraction was a gradual one; this book follows that fascinating journey during the first twenty years of his career. Inspired in his early years as a painter by folklore scenes from Russia and the heightened colours of the landscape of southern Germany, he went on to co-found the Expressionist Blaue Reiter (Blue Rider) group of painters with Gabriele Munter, Alexej Jawlensky and Franz Marc. Gradually he stripped away the descriptive detail in his painting, hiding visual imagery behind fields of bright colour encompassed by strong lines. He felt that what he had discovered was a path to a new spiritual reality, more akin to music than the physical world. This groundbreaking, fully illustrated study of Kandinsky's formative years includes an account of the period Kandinsky spent in revolutionary Russia, examines his relationship with the painter Gabriele Munter and explores the profound influence music had on his art.

About the Author

Sean Rainbird is a Tate curator and the author of Beckmann. Hartwig Fischer is a curator at Kunstmuseum, Basel.