Black Spot 1 — Wassily Kandinsky

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Artist: Wassily Kandinsky
Date: 1912
Location: Russian Museum

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THE ARTIST

Wassily Kandinsky

Russian painter who created some of the first purely abstract artworks, freeing color and form from representation.

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