Wassily Kandinsky
Born in 1866
Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky was a Russian painter and art theorist credited with creating the first modern abstract paintings.
Born in Moscow, he spent his childhood in Odessa and initially pursued a career in law and economics.
At 30, he began studying art in Munich, where he later settled.
Kandinsky returned to Moscow during World War I but found the official art theories unsatisfactory.
He taught at the Bauhaus school in Germany from 1922 until its closure by the Nazis in 1933.
Relocating to France, he became a French citizen in 1939 and lived there until his death in 1944.
Kandinsky's work and theories significantly influenced the development of abstract art in the 20th century.
