The painter Wassily Kandinsky died at the age of 77. Here is all you want to know, and more!
Biography - A Short Wiki
Russian abstract painter whose best known geometric-form works included “On White II” and “Composition X.” His famed Blue Rider Period lasted from 1911 until 1914.
He was born to tea merchant Vasily Silvestrovich Kandinsky. He was married to Anna Chimiakina from 1892 to 1911 and Nina Andreievskaya from 1917 to 1944. He had a son named Vsevolod.
Quotes
"Everything starts from a dot.
"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 artist must train not only his eye but also his soul.
"An empty canvas is a living wonder… far lovelier than certain pictures.
"With few exceptions, music has been for some centuries the art which has devoted itself not to the reproduction of natural phenomena, but rather to the expression of the artist’s soul, in musical sound.