Wassily Kandinsky

Russian | 1866 - 1944

Wassily Kandinsky was a Russian Impressionist & Modern artist who was born in 1866. Their work is currently being shown at multiple venues like Fondation Beyeler, Basel. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza have featured Wassily Kandinsky's work in the past.Wassily Kandinsky's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 1 USD to 44,765,386 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 1998 the record price for this artist at auction is 44,765,386 USD for Murnau mit Kirche II (Murnau with Church II), sold at Sotheby's London in 2023. In the past 12 months, their paintings have averaged 1,400,364 USD, while their works on paper have sold for an average of 140,892 USD.Wassily Kandinsky has been featured in articles for , and . The most recent article is written for Daily Art Magazine in October 2025. The artist died in 1944.

Artist's alternative names: Kandinsky, Vasilij Kandinskij, Vasiliy Vasil'yevich Kandinskiy, Vasily Kandinsky, Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky

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Zwei Reiter vor Rot

By Wassily Kandinsky

Christopher-Clark Fine Art

Motif Aus Improvisation No. 25

By Wassily Kandinsky

Christopher-Clark Fine Art

Kleine Welten I, from Kleine Welten ,1922

By Wassily Kandinsky

Bonhams New York

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Notable Lots

ZWEI REITER UND LIEGENDE GESTALT (TWO RIDERS AND RECLINING FIGURE)

By Wassily Kandinsky

Studie zu Improvisation 3

By Wassily Kandinsky

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Rigide et courbé ,1935

By Wassily Kandinsky

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Kleine Welten I, from Kleine Welten - Wassily Kandinsky

Kleine Welten I, from Kleine Welten ,1922

By Wassily Kandinsky

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Kandinsky: Das Graphische Werk - Wassily Kandinsky

Kandinsky: Das Graphische Werk ,1970

By Wassily Kandinsky

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Ohne Titel ,1923

By Wassily Kandinsky

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XYLOGRAPHIES ,1909

By Wassily Kandinsky

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Der Drache ,1903

By Wassily Kandinsky

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Katze ,1907

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Current Exhibitions

Collection in Focus: Modern European Currents

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Upper East Side | New York | USA

15 Jul, 2025 - 22 Mar, 2026

German Masterworks from the Neue Galerie

Neue Galerie New York, Museum for German and Austrian Art

Upper East Side | New York | USA

26 Jun, 2025 - 04 May, 2026

Hyde House and the Permanent Collection

The Hyde Collection

Glens Falls | New York | USA

01 May, 2022 - 01 Jun, 2050

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Articles

Milan's Palazzo Morando transformed by 'Fata Morgana' exhibition of mystical art

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鈥� ..For Kandinsky there was no fundamental difference between painting and printmaking... 鈥�
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Kunstmuseum Bonn

鈥� ..Consequently, Kandinsky鈥檚 prints are also able to provide an extensive insight into the basic principles of his work and his ambition to create a 鈥渟piritual and inward鈥� experience of reality... 鈥�
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Kunstmuseum Bonn

鈥� ..After he produced at least 16 studies, Kandinsky finally arrived at the pictorial solution to the painting: the white border... 鈥�
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Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

鈥� ..Alive with color鈥攁nd rhythmic鈥�Kandinsky鈥檚 distinctive, abstract style made him one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century... 鈥�
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Milwaukee Art Museum

鈥� ..Abandoning objectivity in a depiction and immersing himself in 鈥渢he resonance of colour and shape鈥�, Kandinsky successfully came up with three types of abstract painting... 鈥�
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State Hermitage Museum

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