Murnau, a Village Street by Wassily Kandinsky - 1908 - 48 x 69.5 cm private collection Murnau, a Village Street by Wassily Kandinsky - 1908 - 48 x 69.5 cm private collection

Murnau, a Village Street

oil on canvas • 48 x 69.5 cm
  • Wassily Kandinsky - December 16, 1866 - December 13, 1944 Wassily Kandinsky 1908
In 1908 Kandinsky and his pupil and companion Gabriele Münter (1877–1962) moved to Murnau in Bavaria, where he began to paint a series of landscapes inspired by the nearby Staffelsee and its surrounding mountains in fluid brushstrokes and dark colours.