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Kandinsky Painting Returned to Heirs of Jewish Collectors Could Sell for $45 Million
Next month, an early masterpiece by Wassily Kandinsky, the Russian-born artist sometimes called the “father of abstract art,” will go under the hammer at Sotheby’s in London. Titled ...
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Kandinsky painting recovered by Holocaust victims’ heirs sets auction record at nearly $45 million
“Kandinsky’s Murnau period came to define abstract art for future generations,” Helena Newman, Chairman of Sotheby’s Europe and Worldwide Head of Impressionist & Modern Art, said in a ...
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Two Abstract Art Stars Finally ‘Meet’ in a Long-Awaited Museum Exhibition
It’s a shame that the two preeminent stars of abstract art—Hilma af Klint and Wassily Kandinsky—never met in person. At one point, Swedish-born af Klint and Russian-born Kandinsky were miles ...
The New York Times2y
Kandinsky Painting Sells for $45 Million at Auction
By Scott Reyburn Reporting from London A painting by the pioneering Russian-born modernist Wassily Kandinsky sold for ... after her highly decorative floral abstract “Love me nots” (2021 ...
The New York Times2y
German Panel Says Kandinsky Painting Should Go Back to Jewish Heirs
Image Draft for “Composition II” (circa 1910). The painting displays the more abstract style Kandinsky adopted after years of more figurative works.Credit...Wassily Kandinsky/Artists Rights ...
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The Father of Abstract Art Wassily Kandinsky – Artist Bio + Speedpaint
Welcome to Winged Canvas, your Online School of Illustration and Art Nerd Community! 🌟 We're not just a YouTube channel; we're a collective of passionate artists and educators on a mission to make ...