This lot consists of a hand Drawn graphite on paper in the style in the style of Wassily Kandinsky. The illustration depicts a city landscape in a rural area with mountains in the back. Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944) was a Russian painter and art theorist. Kandinsky is generally credited as the pioneer of abstract art. Born in Moscow, Kandinsky spent his childhood in Odessa, where he graduated at Grekov Odessa Art school. He enrolled at the University of Moscow, studying law and economics. Successful in his professional he was offered a professorship (chair of Roman Law) at the University of DorpaKandinsky began painting studies (life-drawing, sketching and anatomy) at the age of 30. In 1896, Kandinsky settled in Munich, studying first at Anton private school and then at the Academy of Fine Arts. He returned to Moscow in 1914, after the outbreak of World War I. Opportunities beckoned in Germany, to which he returned in 1920. There he taught at the Bauhaus school of art and architecture from 1922 until the Nazis closed it in 1933. He then moved to France, where he lived for the rest of his life, becoming a French citizen in 1939 and producing some of his most prominent art. He died in Neuilly-sur-Seine in 1944.

PROVENANCE:
Private Collection.

DIMENSIONS:
Unframed approx. 14 in x 10.5 in

This item is being sold -as is-. Please use photos as part of the description. The absence of condition report does not guarantee excellent condition. Please note: This work is being sold -In the style of- the named artist. In the style works are works by an unknown creator whose style is strongly under the influence of the style of the named master artist.

some stains and minor damages on the edges,overall very good condition. Lot ships professionally wood framed.