Vasily Kandinsky: From Blaue Reiter to the Bauhaus, 1910-1925

Lloyd, Jill; Vergo, Peter; Behr, Shulamith; Barnett, Vivian Endicott; Derouet, Christian; Washton Long, Rose-Carol

ISBN 10: 3775737340 / ISBN 13: 9783775737340

Published by Neue Galerie, New York, 2013

About this Item

208 pages 146 illustrations 86 in color. Published on the occasion of the exhibition from the Neue Galerie, New York NY October 3, 2013-February 10, 2014. Checklist.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Vasily Kandinsky: From Blaue Reiter to the Bauhaus, 1910-1925
• Publisher: Neue Galerie, New York
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3775737340
• ISBN 13: 9783775737340
• Binding: Cloth
• Condition: Fine Condition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine Condition
• Book Type: Book

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Synopsis

Presents a catalog of the exhibition and a collection of essays showing how much the artist looked to and incoporated the other arts.

From the Back Cover

Alongside his development of a revolutionary abstract style, Vasily Kandinsky (1866-1944) demonstrated an ambition to go beyond conventional easel painting. His famous large paintings with musical and theatrical associations transformed into veritable environments. The catalogue explores the evolution of a Gesamtkunstwerk in the work of Kandinsky including essays by leading Kandinsky scholars on painting as a total work of art, or the artist's interest in music and theatre. Separated into three sections, it illustrates how Kandinsky's fascination for the Wagnerian concept of the Gesamtkunstwerk and the principles of synesthesia developed into large-scale painting within the context of the two highly significant artistic groups Blaue Reiter and Bauhaus, as well as in response to the changing historical circumstances, last but not least, culminating in his large-scale decorative utopian murals and installations.