10 Facts about Kandinsky

When and where was Wassily Kandinsky born?

• Berlin

  1866

• Moscow 1944

• Paris 1944

• Moscow 1866

Which musical instrument did Kandinsky play?

• Cello

• Violin

• Trumpet

• Flute

Kandinsky trained as a Law professor, but what did he do in 1896 that made him decide to give up the Law? Did he ..

• Get married and his wife didn't approve of the profession of Law.

• Fall ill and spend a long time in hospital.

• Go on a tour of Russia and saw Monet's haystack paintings and lots of folk art.

• Just get fed up with Law and want to try something else.

Where did Kandinsky go to train as an artist?

• Munich Academy of Art in Germany.

• The Royal Academy of Art in London

• The Paris Conservatoire

• The Madrid Academy of Art in Spain

What element of art did Kandinsky begin to experiment with when he moved to Murnau in Germany?

• Line

• Shape

• Texture

• Colour

Kandinsky's painting studio was:

• Tidy and organised: he painted wearing a suit.

• A total mess: He used to splash paint everywhere.

• Dark and dingy: full of cobwebs and spiders.

• In his bedroom.

What was the Blue Rider?

• A fictional character of a man riding a blue horse.

• A book that Kandinsky read.

• The name given to Kandinsky and a group of artists/friends.

• A surfing shop that Kandinsky used.

Kandinsky returned to Russia at the outbreak of war in 1914. What did he begin to do?

• Paint huge numbers of paintings.

• Give up painting and go back to the Law.

• Become a war artist.

• Develop theories about Abstract painting and how it was linked with music.

What did Kandinsky teach at the Bauhaus?

• Furniture design

• Textiles

• Colour with psychology and spirituality

• Sculpture

When the Bauhaus was shut down by Hitler in 1933, where did Kandinsky go?

• Paris - he became a French citizen.

• London - he became a British citizen

• Back to Russia where he was born.

• Madrid, he became a Spanish citizen