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Improvisation No. 30 (Cannons)  1913

by Wassily Kandinsky

In his seminal 1912 text [i]Concerning the Spiritual in Art[/i], Vasily Kandinsky advocated an art that could move beyond imitation of the physical world, inspiring, as he put it, “vibrations in the soul.” Pioneering abstraction as the richest, most musical form of artistic expression, Kandinsky believed that the physical properties of artworks could stir emotions, and he ...
Size: 
111 × 111.3 cm (43 11/16 × 43 13/16 in.)
Medium: 
Oil on canvas
Credit: 
Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago