Prior to World War II, Kandinsky was part of the Expressionist group Der Blaue Reiter and later he taught at the Bauhaus. His Improvisations are a series of paintings which consist of brightly colored ...

Wassily Kandinsky loved music and could play the cello and the piano. His paintings were even inspired by music. He literally saw colours when he heard music and heard music when he painted.

Kandinsky with his painting 'Dominant curve (Courbe dominante)', Paris 1936, photo: Boris Lipnitzki © Boris Lipnitzki / Roger-Viollet Credit: Boris Lipnitzki/(c ...

For years, Kandinsky had been painting horses, and castles ... Because one day, when he was listening to music he saw colours and lines flying right in front of his face. That could be deep ...