Thursday, January 30, 2020

Composition V (1911) by Wassily Kandinsky


Kandinsky painted a series of ten "compositions" that explore the life of color and abstraction.  Composition V was exhibited in the first exhibition of the art group Kandinsky founded, called Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider), named for Kandinsky's and Franz Marc's shared love of horses, riders, and the color blue, which Kandinsky felt was the color of spirituality. I choose this painting because I immediately thought of a busy restaurant that is italian or spanish with fancy servers. People are dancing, conversing and eating. Basically, I feel the happiness and energy coming from this party. Even tho, Kandinsky claims this painting to be part of his "color blue" collection.

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