Final design for the cover of the almanac ‘The Blue Rider’ (1911)
Technique: Giclée quality print
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The painting displays a bold and expressive figure mounted on a horse, both depicted in a stylized and abstract manner. The color scheme is a dynamic contrast of blues against a black background, emphasizing the fluid forms of the figures. The horse and rider are abstractly simplified into swirling forms and patches, with the horse rendered in lighter shades. The rider appears adorned with a flowing mane or elaborate garb, merging almost seamlessly with the contours of the horse. The background is minimal, focusing all attention on the intertwined figures. The texture and brushwork suggest a sense of movement and energy, reflective of the expressionist style typical of Kandinsky’s work from this period.
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Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky was a Russian painter and art theorist. Kandinsky is generally credited as the pioneer of abstract art. Born in Moscow, Kandinsky spent his childhood in Odessa, where he graduated at Grekov Odessa Art school. He enrolled at the University of Moscow, studying law and economics. Successful in his profession—he was offered a professorship (chair of Roman Law) at the University of Dorpat today Tartu, Estonia)—Kandinsky began painting studies (life-drawing, sketching and anatomy) at the age of 30.