Lyrical

Today we end our monthly partnership with the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen. We hope you loved the selection of masterpieces from their collection as much as we did!  :)

Wassily Kandinsky is generally credited as one of the pioneers of Abstraction in western art, possibly after Hilma af Klint (we highly encourage you to read her incredible story). Today we present one of Kandinsky's pre-Abstract works. Here the artist has rendered this horse and rider at full gallop with the most minimal of means: just a few well-placed lines and patches of color. The painting dates from 1911, Kandinsky's turning point between Realism and Abstraction. He attained a synthesis of emotion and intellect through his free use of form, line, and color. 

P.S. It is the last days of January! If you don't have your artsy calendars yet, check out our beauties in the DailyArt Shop!