Russian painter and art theorist Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky was born, December 4, 1866 [December 16, by the Gregorian calendar] in Moscow, Russia. ❦ Kandinsky is one of the first creators of pure abstraction in modern painting, known for his lyrical style and innovative theories on nonfigurative art. In his 1910 treatise Concerning the Spiritual In Art, Kandinsky popularized his belief … Continue reading Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky [1866-1944]