Vasilty Kandinsky, A Colorful Life: The Collection of the Lenbachhaus, Munich

Barnett, Vivian Endicott and Helmut Friedel

ISBN 10: 0810963191 / ISBN 13: 9780810963191

Edité par Dumont / Harry N. Abrams, Inc, New York, 1996

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Crimson cloth, red & color pictorial dust jacket, 664 pp., 618 color plates, 105 BW illus.; 7.5 lbs. "Born in Russia, Vasily Kandinsky (1866-1944) was one of the most original and influential artists to emerge in the twentieth century. He is known primarily for his daring use of color in startling non-objective works. [This book] is the most comprehensive and fully illustrated account to date of his early work, from 1900 to 1914, the period in which he made his radical shift to abstraction -- and in so doing altered the very concept of art itself. The works presented here are from the collection of the city museum of Munich, or Stadtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus. They were given to the Galerie in 1957 by the artist Gabriele Munter, who was Kandinsky's companion from 1903 to the beginning of World War I." (dj) With essays by Helmut Friedel, Marion Ackermman, and Rudolf H. Wackernagel, and an artist bio by Vivian Endicott Barnett. Lavishly illustrated with vibrant plates. A must for Kandinsky-ites. VG (Page edges are tanning lightly; includes personalized gift card of a Kandinsky painting from the Guggenheim Museum.).

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Vasilty Kandinsky, A Colorful Life: The Collection of the Lenbachhaus, Munich
• Éditeur: Dumont / Harry N. Abrams, Inc, New York
• Date de parution: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0810963191
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780810963191
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • European Artists

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Synopsis

Book by Barnett Vivian Endicott Kandinsky Wassily Friedel

Présentation de l'éditeur

Now available in a new format, this opulent book presents Vasily Kandinsky’s major paintings from all phases of his artistic career and celebrates the artist and his groundbreaking work. This generously illustrated volume displays Vasily Kandinsky’s brilliant use of color, shape, and composition through approximately 250 full-color illustrations. Essays by the world’s leading Kandinsky experts focus on the evolution of his work throughout all periods of his career: his exploration of his Russian roots and his emigration to Munich; his attraction to the Art Nouveau and fauvist movements; the formation of the Blue Rider group; the influence of music on his painting; his years at the Bauhaus; and his late work in Paris. The book’s design allows for a thorough examination of Kandinsky’s most important works in all their extraordinary detail. Accessible, impeccably researched, and wide-ranging, this important volume offers an indispensable overview of the artist’s seminal works and a tribute to the beauty and power of Kandinsky’s vision.