1. Wassily Kandinsky 1866-1944

2. I applied streaks and blobs of colors onto the canvas with a palette knife and made them sing with all the intensity I could. Color is the keyboard, the eyes are the harmonies, the soul is the piano with many strings. The artist is the hand that plays, touching one key or another, to cause vibrations in the soul. Wassily Kandinsky

3. Born in Moscow, Russia in 1866. Was a professor of Law and Economics at the University of Moscow. He gave up his job to study painting in Germany. He taught art at the Bauhaus school and painted until the Nazis came into power. In 1933, he went to France where he remained for the rest of his life.

4. His paintings started as realistic and then merged into non- objective. Kandinsky was very spiritual about his art making. He believed that art was based on the harmony of color and form. Every color had an inner voice and a meaning.

5. 1905-Realistic 1908-Impressionism 1913-non objective Kandinsky’s art throughout the years

6. Small Pleasures 1913

7. Contrasting Sounds 1924

8. Composition: Storm

9. Writing Task Include in Cornell summary -Describe painting in detail. (What do you see?) - What is your interpretation of the artwork? Explain. Title: “Composition: Storm”

10. Composition: Storm Guided student questions What colours do you see? What colours do you see the most of? What types of lines do you see? Does anything in this painting remind you of a storm? How does this painting make you feel? Is there any place in this painting that seems restful to you? How? Would you like to be standing in the middle of this painting? What do you think it would feel like? Why?