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Summary
Wassily Kandinsky: The evening.
Artist
Wassily Kandinsky
(1866–1944)
Alternative names
Василий Васильевич Кандинский, Vasilij Vasiljevič Kandinskij, Vasilij Vasil'evič Kandinskij, Vassily Kandinsky
Description
Russian-Soviet painter, university teacher, art theorist, teacher, lawyer and illustrator
Date of birth/death
4 December 1866 (in Julian calendar)
13 December 1944
Location of birth/death
Moscow
Neuilly-sur-Seine
Work location
Paris; Munich; Weimar; Rapallo; The Hague; Russia; Stockholm; Switzerland; Tunis
Authority file
: Q61064
VIAF: 22143802
ISNI: 0000000121235624
ULAN: 500021093
LCCN: n79059310
NLA: 35258558
WorldCat
artist QS:P170,Q61064
Title
The evening.
label QS:Lfr,"Le soir."
label QS:Len,"The evening."
label QS:Lpl,"Wieczór."
label QS:Lde,"Abend."
Object type
painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Date
between 1902 and 1903
date QS:P571,+1902-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1902-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1903-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium
oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions
height: 64 cm (25.1 in); width: 100 cm (39.3 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,64U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,100U174728
Collection
National Museum in Wrocław
Native name
Muzeum Narodowe we Wrocławiu
Location
Wrocław
Coordinates
51° 06′ 39.6″ N, 17° 02′ 51″ E
Established
1947
Website
www.mnwr.art.pl
Authority file
: Q1329563
VIAF: 136012837
ISNI: 0000000123251943
LCCN: n50068135
NLA: 35371103
OSM: 1442961
WorldCat
institution QS:P195,Q1329563
Accession number
VIII-1409
Object history
purchased by Phalanx, Szczecin
1963: purchased by Muzeum Śląskie, Wrocław
Inscriptions
Signature bottom right:
Kandinsky
Caption verso:
Abend
Notes
In the catallogue of artist's works listed as Abend. Temp. Verkauf in Stettin (Phalanx). Most probably painted in Kochel am See between 1902 and 1903.
References
Paweł Banaś (1990). Secesia w zbiorach polskich. Wydawnictwa Artystyczne i Filmowe, p. 39
Elżbieta Grabska-Wallis (1970). Wczesny obraz Kandinsky'ego w Muzeum Śląskim in: Roczniki Sztuki Śląskiej. Muzeum Narodowe. Vol. 7, pp. 152-158
Source/Photographer
pl.pinterest.com
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