I was in the Guggenheim the other week, and was so adoring the Kandinskys, that I thought  it would be great to learn more about him.  I never understood the references to the musical instruments, I just always knew his work and style.  so in learning about him, was fascinating.

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Jamie

“Of all the arts, abstract painting  is the most difficult. It demands that you know how to draw well, that you have a heightened sensitivity for composition and for colours, and that you be a true poet. This last is essential.” — Wassily Kandinsky

Wassily Kandinsky is  considered to be the originator of abstract art, and believed that art could visually express musical compositions. Merry Structure by Wassily Kandinsky,

Kandinsky, himself an accomplished musician, once said “Color is the keyboard, the eyes are the harmonies, the soul is the piano with many strings. The artist is the hand that plays, touching one key or another, to cause vibrations in the soul.” The concept that color and musical harmony are linked has a long history,

intriguing scientists such as Sir Isaac Newton. Kandinsky used color in a highly theoretical way associating tone with timbre (the sound’s character), hue with pitch, and saturation with the volume of sound. He even claimed that when he saw color he heard music.

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