Analysis Of Haystack At Giverny By Vassily Kandinsky

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Vassily Kandinsky was a Russian painter, writer, teacher, art theorist and the father of abstract art. Being a trained musician, he used music in his approach to color which he made sing from the canvas. A major turning point in his style of art came after he viewed Claude Monet’s “Haystack at Giverny” at a Moscow exhibition. Over the years he perfected his style of abstract art. He inspired other artists, wrote books on his theories, worked with museums, and ballet’s, experienced his work at exhibitions, and started and belonged to various societies. He was said to have a balanced, self-controlled, and poised personality. He was reserved, but full of compassion, had a sense of humor, and an avid listener. Through good and difficult times he continually improved and altered his style and painting process, and turned the art world upside down. We will see the highlights of his life, his loves, his passions, and most importantly …show more content…
By 1933, the Nazis seized power, storm troopers in Berlin invaded the Bauhaus and it closed and never reopened. In his work “Concerning the Spiritual in Art”; “Generally speaking, color is a power which directly influences the soul. Colour is the keyboard, the eyes are the hammers, the soul is the piano with the strings. The artist is the hand which plays, touching one key or another, to cause vibrations in the soul.” (Duchting). In Kandinsky’s “On the Spiritual in Art” published in 1912, he talked of the theory behind abstract art saying, “Every work of art is the child of its age and, in many cases the mother of our emotions. It follows that each period of culture produces an art of its own which can never be repeated”. (From “On the Spiritual in Art”). In fact, he made musical publication which contained poems and wood cuts which was limited to 345 copies and dedicated to his

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