Wassily Kandinsky & the Art Nouveau

W A S S I L Y K A N D I N S K Y

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Kirche £750

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front cover: 1. Vögel

£750

14 x 15 cm

14.5 x 15 cm signed in plate

This suite shows Kandinsky in the last flowerings of Art Nouveau.

Apart from two, these images are heliogravures after woodcuts.

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Frauen Im Wald £750 15.5 x 20 cm signed in plate

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4. Wolken

£750

15 x 15 cm signed in plate

HELIOGRAVURE is a photo-etching process invented by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce in the 1820s. It is especially noted for its rich blacks, subtle shadings and expressive tonality.

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Schalmei £550

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11.5 x 16.5 cm signed in plate

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Landschaft mit Figur und Phönix £350

Hügel, Baum, Wolken und Figur £275

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woodcut, 4.5 x 9.5 cm

woodcut, 3.5 x 6.5 cm, signed in plate

Flamme £450 8.

7.5 x 10.5 cm signed in plate

WASSILY KANDINSKY was born in Russia 1866. He was one of the most important pioneers of abstract ar t. His pictures combined features of Art Nouveau with his memories of Russian folk art, to which he added a fauve-like intensity of colour. His move towards abstraction began with his philosophy about the nature of ar t, influenced by theosophy and mysticism. He did not reject representation, but held that

the ‘pure’ artist seeks to express ‘inner’ feelings and ignores the superficial. He was one of the most active figures in the Blaue Reiter group and taught at the Bauhaus until it was closed in 1933. He died in 1944.

HELIOGRAVURE is a photo-etching process invented by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce in the 1820s. It is especially noted for its rich blacks, subtle shadings and expressive tonality.

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