1912, Wassily Kandinsky, Improvisation No. 29 (The Swan) -- Philadelphia Museum of Art
From the museum label:
Kandinsky described his art as “pure painting,” which he defined as expression through combinations of color and form. His abstract art was directly inspired by the atonal music of Arnold Schoenberg, which replaced traditional harmonies with a new set of rules.
Kandinsky also saw music, the least material of the arts, as a model for the more spiritual and transcendent type of painting he sought. This led him to label his works of the period with musical terms such as Impressions, Improvisations, and Compositions. The first of these refers to highly spontaneous pictures and the last to ones fully worked out.
1912, Wassily Kandinsky, Improvisation No. 29 (The Swan) -- Philadelphia Museum of Art
From the museum label:
Kandinsky described his art as “pure painting,” which he defined as expression through combinations of color and form. His abstract art was directly inspired by the atonal music of Arnold Schoenberg, which replaced traditional harmonies with a new set of rules.
Kandinsky also saw music, the least material of the arts, as a model for the more spiritual and transcendent type of painting he sought. This led him to label his works of the period with musical terms such as Impressions, Improvisations, and Compositions. The first of these refers to highly spontaneous pictures and the last to ones fully worked out.