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** Wassily Kandinsky **
= Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky was born on December 16th 1866. Although he was born in Moscow, Russia, he spent most of his childhood living in Odessa. At an early age Wassily learned to play the piano and cello. His parents played the piano and the zither, which is a musical string instrument commonly found in Germany. In 1886, he enrolled at the University of Moscow he chose to study law and economics. He enjoyed success not only as a teacher but also writing about spirituality experiences. His faith greatly influenced his work. = = In 1895 Wassily went to a French Impressionist exhibition where he saw Monet's “Haystacks at Giverny.” He thought the painting was poorly executed. So at the age of thirty he moved to Munich to study life-drawing and sketching anatomy. After studying he branched out to his own style, which was expressionism. Expressionism is a manner of painting, drawing, or sculpting with intensified colors and shapes. Wassily loved being able to express himself through his art and loved to use an array of colors. Most of his work was abstract. His artist media was mostly oil paintings. = = In 1903 his work started to spread out of Germany. Once his canvases got to America his work was introduced to Solomon Guggenheim. Solomon Guggenheim soon became Wassily’s biggest supporter. In 1933 he moved to a town near Paris, France. He set up a studio and had many young eager artists learn from him. Wassily Kandinsky painted up until his death in June, 1944. = = Wassily Kandinsky was an amazing, hard working, educated, and secure individual. His art should, and I believe will always be honored for its individuality. = = =



Picture found from:http://www.artexpression.com/byimage/ADLAD-1706.htm


==** For my piece of art I choose to name it color explosion. I decided to name it this because I used about fifteen different colors. Also they all looked like they exploded onto the page because they were smeared together. I used a few different supplies. I used one sheet of thick white paper, oil pastels, a pencil and an eraser. Then to frame my work I used a black sheet of thick construction paper. **== ==** My artist Wassily Kandinsky inspired my art. I did my own version of his color studies. I wanted to have half my piece of work warm colors and the other half cool colors. I wanted this because it shows peoples moods. Half the time people are calm and the other half they are angry. I tried to express that it is okay to be happy, sad, mad, excited, ect. I enjoyed working on this piece because I liked having the freedom to create my own work and use my own supplies. The technique I used was to color each section then smear the colors of the next tile together. I think my artwork turned out successful because it is exactly how I pictured and planned it. Also I would not have changed anything if I did the project again. **== ==** So to conclude my art was named color explosion and it was based off of Wassily Kandinsky ‘s color studies. I loved being able to express others and myself through my piece. To make the colored tiles I used oil pastels. I really enjoyed learning and recreating the work of a genius. Finally I hope the future classes will get to do this project because it was really fun! **==