Vasily Kandinsky

Author(s): Helmut Friedel

Art/Decorative arts/Graphics

Now available in a new format, this opulent book presents Vasily Kandinsky s major paintings from all phases of his artistic career and celebrates the artist and his groundbreaking work. This generously illustrated volume displays Vasily Kandinsky s brilliant use of color, shape, and composition through approximately 250 full-color illustrations. Essays by the world s leading Kandinsky experts focus on the evolution of his work throughout all periods of his career: his exploration of his Russian roots and his emigration to Munich; his attraction to the Art Nouveau and fauvist movements; the formation of the Blue Rider group; the influence of music on his painting; his years at the Bauhaus; and his late work in Paris. The book s design allows for a thorough examination of Kandinsky s most important works in all their extraordinary detail. Accessible, impeccably researched, and wide-ranging, this important volume offers an indispensable overview of the artist s seminal works and a tribute to the beauty and power of Kandinsky s vision."

$85.00 AUD


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Product Information

General Fields

  • : 9783791382920
  • : Prestel
  • : Prestel
  • : August 2016
  • : Germany
  • : November 2016
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : illustrations
  • : 320
  • : 759.7
  • : 1
  • : Hardback
  • : Helmut Friedel