Keywords
V.V. Kandinsky, painter, color compositions, “Russian” paintings cycle, engraving, gouache, city landscape,
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Filippova O. N. The theme of the city in the creative work of Vasily Kandinsky // The Art of Eurasia, 2020. № 1(16). P. 227–238. URL: https://doi.org/10.25712/ASTU.2518-7767.2020.01.017.
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Abstract
The article is devoted to the work of a Russian artist and visual art theorist who was at the origin of abstractionism – Vasily Kandinsky. The author focuses on paintings dedicated to the city. In contrast to the most studied powerful abstract works of V.V. Kandinsky, the urban theme still presents many opportunities for studying the means of artistic expression and developing his creative method. As a result of the analysis of works from different years in the context of the artist's biography and worldview, the author of the article reveals the development of the Moscow theme in the art of V.V. Kandinsky. Special attention is paid to his Moscow paintings “Moscow I, or Moscow. Red square”, “Moscow. Zubovskaya square” and others.
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