Wassily Kandinsky Blue Painting Guggenheim Museum Poster

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A framed poster of Wassily Kandinsky's (1866-1944) "Blue Painting (Blaues Bild)" was completed in 1924 and its part of the … Read more A framed poster of Wassily Kandinsky's (1866-1944) "Blue Painting (Blaues Bild)" was completed in 1924 and its part of the Guggenheim Museum permanent collection. This print is no longer for sale at the museum store.

Vasily Kandinsky was born on December 4, 1866, in Moscow. From 1886 through 1892 he studied law and economics at the University of Moscow, where he lectured after graduation. In 1896 he declined a teaching position in order to study art in Munich with Anton Azbe from 1897 to 1899 and at the Kunstakademie with Franz von Stuck in 1900. Kandinsky taught in 1901-03 at the art school of the Phalanx, a group he cofounded in Munich. One of his students, Gabriele Mnter, would be his companion until 1914. In 1902 Kandinsky exhibited for the first time with the Berlin Secession and produced his first woodcuts. In 1903 and 1904 he began his travels in Italy, the Netherlands, and North Africa and his visits to Russia. He showed at the Salon dAutomne in Paris from 1904. (source: Guggenheimstore.org) See less