Wassily Kandinsky was a pioneer of abstraction in modernist art and created a comprehensive bridge between post-impressionism and expressionism. The Blue Rider (1903) by Wassily Kandinsky The Blue Rider by Wassily Kandinsky, 1903, WikiArt (private collection) There are two versions of the painting one is located at the Munch Museum in Oslo and one at the Oslo National Gallery. The painting is largely autobiographical as it is based on Munch’s experience hearing a piercing ‘scream of nature’ after being left behind by two of his friends, who appear in the background of the piece. It is renowned for embodying the profound sense of angst and anxiety that permeated the early modernist era. The Scream is one of the most iconic modern art pieces in the world. His career lasted nearly 60 years and produced numerous modern masterpieces. He was influenced by impressionists and post-impressionists in Paris such as Claude Monet, Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin.
He was part of the Symbolist movement and pioneered expressionist painting. The Scream (1893) by Edvard Munch The Scream by Edvard Munch, 1893, Oslo National GalleryĮdvard Munch is regarded as one of the most significant and influential artists of modernism.
0 kommentar(er)
