Wassily Kandinsky: “Blue Picture” (1924), framed reproduction, giclée print on canvas

Kandinsky, like no other, wrote the "alphabet of 20th-century art." In his abstract paintings, he unleashed the primal power of color and composition without the distraction of depicting objects. In his view, the mystery of LIFE could only be grasped and represented through the abstract interplay of color and graphic form. The viewer discovers the close connection between music and painting not only in his pictures, but it is also underscored by Kandinsky the composer: "Color is the keyboard, the eyes are the harmonies, the soul is the soundboard with many strings. The artist is the virtuoso who, with his touch, makes the soul vibrate..."