Wassily Kandinsky at 148: a colourful and cosmic Google Doodle star

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"It seems to radiate out of the corner of the room in which it is hung. It’s almost like a stained-glass window bringing light and energy into the gallery." Rebecca Court, Tate Volunteer Guide

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

In his influential treatise, “Concerning the Spiritual in Art,” Kandinsky theorized a new form of artistic expression that would reject the materialist world in favor of emotional and spiritual ideals, using abstract forms and color symbolism to evoke an inner, preconscious world.

Vasily Kandinsky (French, 1866–1944) | Improvisation 27 (Garden of Love II) | 1912

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Wassily Kandinsky’s paintings are spiritual symphonies that reveal hidden truths and speak directly to our senses and feelings

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Wassily Kandinsky at 148: a colourful and cosmic Google Doodle star

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