Tag: abstraction
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Sonia Delaunay, “Prismes électriques,” 1914, Oil on Canvas, Musée National d’Art Moderne
Sonia Delaunay was a French artist, who spent most of her working life in Paris. She was born in Odessa (then part of Russian Empire), and formally trained in Russian Empire and Germany before moving to France and expanding her practice to include textile, fashion, and set design. She co-founded the Orphism art movement, noted…
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Wassily Kandinsky, “Couple on Horseback,” 1906-07, painting, Oil on canvas, Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany
Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky was a Russian painter and art theorist. Kandinsky is generally credited as one of the pioneers of abstraction in western art, possibly after Hilma af Klint. Born in Moscow, he spent his childhood in Odessa, where he graduated at Grekov Odessa Art School. He enrolled at the University of Moscow, studying law…