Wassily Kandinsky Essay

Wassily Kandinsky was born in Moscow, Russia in 1866. At the age of 30, he moved to Munich, where he studied drawing and painting. Kandinsky was also a musician and theorist; he was inspired to create art through his obsession with music. As time passed, Kandinsky became one of the founders of abstraction in painting in during the early 20th century. Created on 1912, Kandinsky’s Skizze 160A (Sketch 160A), expects viewers to respond emotionally and spiritually. He uses colors, lines, and marks to enact vibration in the viewer’s souls. The artwork is painted on a 949cm x 107.9cm x 1.27cm canvas, using dry media: oil pastels as the main drawing source. In this artwork, Kandinsky used mostly cool colors, such as deep blues, purples, black, and reds to provide a sense of depth. I would describe the artwork as somewhat unorganized or chaotic because there are no definite shapes or images, just a bunch of marks put together. You are able to recognize a couple of images, but only if you look closely, concentrate and use your imagination. Those images are a horse and rider (upper right corner), mountains, birds and a fish (lower right corner). These images provide the painting a sense of mystery, what is the message that Kandinsky is trying to convey?
He uses various elements in this particular art piece, such as color, lines
There are several differences between these two artists, from their techniques to their choice of color. Kandinsky uses the technique of abstraction, using irregular shapes, unorganized, and dull colors, therefore making it harder to understand. On the other hand, Picasso uses the technique of cubism, using more vivid warm colors and definite geometric shapes such as squares, triangles, rectangles, etc. In Picasso’s artwork, you can easily distinguish the images of the women compare to Kandinsky’s artwork, only the attentive viewer will be able to do