Wassily
Wassilyevich Kandinsky
A Life Immersed in Color and Spirit Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky, born in Moscow in 1866, was a revolutionary figure who irrevocably altered the course of modern art. His journey wasn’t one of immediate artistic calling; initially destined for a career in law and economics at …
A portrait built from Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky's own colours
Every 100 approved work contributes its dominant tone to a single flowing field. Sorted along the hue wheel, the strip reads as a smooth spectrum. Click any band to reveal its full four-colour palette.
Bands follow the hue wheel; visually identical tones are merged.
Every painting, placed on the hue wheel
Each dot is a work — its angle set by hue, its distance from the centre by saturation. Hover a dot to see the painting.
The signature, in numbers
Where the colour came from
Up to 24 paintings representing the most frequent palette tones — each shown with its dominant colours.
