Artist:
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Vassily Kandinsky
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Title:
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Study for Improvisation V
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Date:
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1910
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Medium:
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Oil on pulp board
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Dimensions:
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27 5/8 x 27 1/2 in. (70.2 x 69.9 cm)
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Credit Line:
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Gift of Bruce B. Dayton
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Location:
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Gallery 371
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This landscape evokes Biblical stories of the Apocalypse, which foretold Christ's second coming. In the foreground, a woman in blue kneels before a tall figure with streaming golden hair, possibly Christ, while in the background two horsemen of the Apocalypse vault a fence.
As a pioneer of abstract painting, Vassily Kandinsky thought art could make inner truths visible. An "improvisation," he said, was "a largely unconscious, spontaneous expression of inner character," or "non-material (i.e., spiritual) nature." Kandinsky wanted painting to function like music, using colors and forms like melodies and rhythmsâabstractlyâto summon emotion.
Frame: Gift of Galerie Thomas, Munich, Germany.
Artist/Creator(s)
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Name:
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Kandinsky, Vassily
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Nationality:
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Russian
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Life Dates:
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Russian, 1866-1944
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Object Description
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Inscriptions:
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Signature LL in black: [Kandinsky] Nothing on verso; painting has been separated from another section of cardboard.
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Classification:
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Paintings
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Creation Place:
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Europe, Russia, , ,
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Accession #:
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67.34.2
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Owner:
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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