Yellow-Red-Blue
Wassily Kandinsky · 1925
Why it's great
A big yellow rectangle, a red cross and a blue circle collide on one canvas, with lines and arcs. Kandinsky wanted to show how color and shape affect our feelings, a bit like music. He called each element by its own feeling. It's a bold and playful abstract picture.
Where to see it
📍 Centre Georges PompidouParis, France
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Wassily Kandinsky was born in Moscow and trained as a lawyer before becoming a painter at age 30. He lived in Russia, Germany and later France. He is considered one of the first artists to paint truly abstract works, using color and shape like music. He died in Neuilly-sur-Seine, near Paris, in 1944.
