Wassily Kandinsky papers 1911-1940 1921-1937

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Wassily Kandinsky papers, 1911-1940, 1921-1937

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Wassily Kandinsky papers 1911-1940 1921-1937

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Abstract

Russian-born artist considered to be one of the creators of abstract painting. Papers document Kandinsky's teachings at the Bauhaus, his writings, his involvement with the Russian Academy of Artistic Sciences (RAKhN) in Moscow, and his professional contacts with art dealers, artists, collectors, and publishers.

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ca. 2 linear ft.; (3 boxes, 1 flat file folder)

Languages

ger,

fre,

rus,

eng,

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Getty Research Institute

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SNAC Resource ID: 6652061

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Mashkovt︠s︡ev, N. G. (Nikolaĭ Georgievich), 1887-1962

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Dalí, Salvador, 1904-1989

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Salvador Dalí (b. May 11, 1904, Figueres, Spain–d. January 23, 1989, Figueres Spain) was a prominent Spanish surrealist artist. Dalí was a skilled draftsman, best known for the striking and bizarre images in his surrealist work. His painterly skills are often attributed to the influence of Renaissance masters. His best-known work, The Persistence of Memory, was completed in August 1931. Dalí's expansive artistic repertoire included film, sculpture, and photography, in collaboration with a range ...

Münter, Gabriele, 1877-1962

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Arndt, Gertrud, 1903-

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Rebay, Hilla, 1890-1967

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Hilla Rebay (1890-1967) was a painter from New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Hilla Rebay, 1966. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80153742 Abstract painter, art collector, museum director; New York, N.Y. Born in France. Active in Germany, Switzerland and France from 1910-1920 in the abstract art movement. Rebay worked with Solomon Guggenheim to form a collection of Non-Objective paintings. This collection became the basi...

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