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Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky (/kænˈdɪnski/; Russian: Васи́лий Васи́льевич Канди́нский, Vasiliy Vasil’yevich Kandinskiy, pronounced [vaˈsʲilʲɪj kɐnˈdʲinskʲɪj]; 16 December [O.S. 4 December] 1866 – 13 December 1944) was an influential Russian painter and art theorist. He is credited with painting the first purely abstract works. Born in Moscow, Kandinsky spent his childhood in Odessa. He enrolled at the University of Moscow, studying law and economics. Successful in his profession — he was offered a professorship (chair of Roman Law) at the University of Dorpat — he began painting studies (life-drawing, sketching and anatomy) at the age of 30.

In 1896 Kandinsky settled in Munich, studying first at Anton Ažbe's private school and then at the Academy of Fine Arts. He returned to Moscow in 1914, after the outbreak of World War I. Kandinsky was unsympathetic to the official theories on art in Communist Moscow, and returned to Germany in 1921. 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 at Neuilly-sur-Seine in 1944.


Wassily Wassilyewich Kandinsky atau Vasily Vasilyevich Kandinsky adalah seorang seniman kelahiran Moskow, Rusia pada tanggal 16 Desember 1866 dan meninggal di Neuilly-sur-Seine, Perancis pada tanggal 13 Desember 1944. Kandinsky adalah salah satu seni pure abstraction (abstraksi murni) dalam seni lukis moderen. Setelah sukses mengadakan berbagai eksebisi avant-garde, dia membentuk sebuah kelompak berpengaruh di kota Munich yang bernama Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider; 1911–14) dan memulai secara total membuat lukisan aliran seni abstrak.

Gaya pelukisannya berubah dari fluida dan organik menjadi geometris hingga akhirmnya menjadi berunsur [[piktogram]. Kandinsky mulai pendidikan resminya dalam dunia seni ketika ia berada di kota Munich. Di sana, ia bergabung dalam sebuah sekolah seni lukis swasta prestisius dan kemudian bergabung dalam Munich Academy of Arts. Namun, lebih banyak pengetahuannya ia dapatkan melalui belajar mandiri. Dia mulai melukis dengan tema konvensional tapi sembari demikian ia membentuk teori-teori yang berasal dari pelajaran spiritual dan hubungan yang intim antara musik dan warna. Teori-teori tersebut berkembang sepanjang abad ke 20 dan menjadikannya Bapak Seni Abstrak.