Composition X (Kandinsky)
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| Artist | Wassily Kandinsky |
|---|---|
| Year | 1939 |
| Dimensions | 130 cm × 195 cm (51 in × 77 in) |
| Location | Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf |
Composition X is an abstract oil painting executed in 1939 by the artist Wassily Kandinsky, a Russian-born émigré then living near Paris. It is in the collection of the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, in Düsseldorf, Germany.
Compositions
Kandinsky likened painting abstract pictures to the process of composing music and referred to his major conceptual works as "compositions", as opposed to his lesser "improvisations". Composition X was the last of the 10 compositions he painted during his lifetime (he was then 73). Unusually for Kandinsky, who attached a spiritual significance to colors and geometric shapes, the predominant color of the painting is black, which for him suggested closure and the end of things. Floating on the black background are a variety of geometric shapes whose meaning is left to the viewer to decide.[1]
See also
References
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External links
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