Wassily Kandinsky

(1866-1944) Russian abstract expressionist painter and art theorist, co-founder of the Blaue Reiter movement

Wassily Kandinsky (Russian: Василий Кандинский, first name pronounced as [vassi:li]) ( – December 13, 1944) was a Russian painter, printmaker and art theorist. One of the most famous 20th-century artists, he is credited with painting the first modern abstract works. Born in Moscow, Kandinsky spent his childhood in Odessa. As a young man he enrolled at the University of Moscow and chose to study law and economics. Quite successful in his profession—he was offered a professorship (chair of Roman Law) at the University of Dorpat—he started painting studies (life-drawing, sketching and anatomy) at the age of 30.
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Noun
1. Russian painter who was a pioneer of abstract art (1866-1944)
(synonym) Kandinsky
(hypernym) painter

n. Wassily Kandinsky, (1866-1944), Russian abstract expressionist painter and art theorist

n. Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944), Russian abstract expressionist painter and art theorist, co-founder of the Blaue Reiter movement