Sunday, December 4, 2011

once upon a kandinsky birthday



The artist must train not only his eye, but his soul.

(Wassily Kandinsky, December 4, 1863* -- December 13, 1944)

*December 16 is also noted as Kandinsky's birthday, apparently depending on whether you use the Julian or Gregorian calendar.

Pictured: Yellow-Red-Blue -- W. Kandinsky, 1925 (Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou)