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Composition VIII, 1923
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Colour is the keyboard, the eyes are the harmonies, the soul is the piano with many strings.

Wassily Kandinsky

Painter · Expressionism · 1866–1944

Russian pioneer of abstraction who treated colour like notes on a stave — composing rather than depicting.

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The Works
Composition VIII, 1923
Composition VIII
1923
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Several Circles, 1926
Several Circles
1926
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Composition VII, 1913
Composition VII
1913
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On White II, 1923
On White II
1923
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Yellow-Red-Blue, 1925
Yellow-Red-Blue
1925
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Composition IV, 1911
Composition IV
1911
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Curatorial Note

Colour is the keyboard, the eyes are the harmonies, the soul is the piano with many strings.

Russian pioneer of abstraction who treated colour like notes on a stave — composing rather than depicting.

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