Wassily Kandinsky Black and Violet Print

The Dramatic Poetry of Colour 🎨

Painted in 1923, just one year after Kandinsky began teaching at the prestigious Staatliches Bauhaus in Weimar, Black and Violet stands as an excellent and frequently cited example of the artist's early Bauhaus period. This remarkable work demonstrates his shift from the painterly, biomorphic Compositions of the 1910s toward a clearer geometric vocabulary, whilst retaining evocative, quasi-figurative suggestions that allow viewers to discover narrative allusions without literal depiction.

Created within the energised institutional setting of the Bauhaus, where Kandinsky collaborated with legendary figures including Klee, Albers, Schlemmer, and Moholy-Nagy, this painting appears regularly in Kandinsky overviews and exhibition catalogues as a notable achievement from this transformative period.

What makes Black and Violet so compelling is Kandinsky's strategic use of what he called neutral descriptive titles during this period. By employing straightforward colour-based naming, he protected the work's abstractness whilst signalling its formal focus, a practice that allowed viewers to engage with pure visual relationships rather than literary associations. This approach reflects the Bauhaus philosophy of combining functional clarity with artistic innovation, creating works that operate on multiple levels of meaning simultaneously.

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A Print Worthy of the Masterpiece 🎨

🌈 Ultra-vivid 12-colour giclée printing for brilliant, true-to-life colours
📜 Matte finish ensures a sophisticated, glare-free display
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📏 Available in multiple sizes including 8x10, 12x16, and 16x20 inches to fit any space
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