"To create a work of art is to create the world."
Recognized as a pioneer of abstract art, but also an art theorist, Kandinsky is not just Russian: he is, above all, an international artist who spent several years in Paris, traveled around Europe, and rose to prominence with his theoretical essay Concerning the Spiritual in Art (1911). Folklore, legends, tales, traditional painting, and especially Moscow, which is for him the origin of the Russian soul, profoudly influence his work. Kandinsky looks to paint that which will satisfy what he calls "inner necessity", that which appeals to musical synesthesia with regard to color. He strives toward a pure art that reflects on the powers of colour, the shapes of symbolism and expressionism. The herald of a non-figurative painting imbued with spirituality, Kandinsky perpetually seeks a new harmony of art.