Wassily Kandinsky

Name: Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky

Birth: 16 December 1866

Died: 13 December 1944 (aged 77)

Nationality: Russian

Noteable Work: On White II, Der Blaue Reiter

Movement: Expressionism; Abstract Art

Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky was an influential Russian painter and art theorist. He is credited with painting one of the first purely abstract works. He enrolled at the University of Moscow, studying law and economics. Successful in his profession—he was offered a professorship at the University of Dorpat. He began painting studies (life-drawing, sketching and anatomy) at the age of 30.