Landschaft mit Figuren und Kruzifix (Landscape with Figures and Crucifix), from Klänge (Sounds)

Wassily Kandinsky was a pioneering Russian artist and art theorist widely regarded as one of the founders of abstract art. Born in Moscow, Kandinsky initially studied law and economics before abandoning his academic career at age thirty to pursue painting in Munich. Influenced by music, symbolism, folk art, and the ...