Art groups
The Phalanx
1901 - 1904
After leaving the studio of Franz Stuck, Kandinsky was looking for a group of progressive artists, with whom he could implement a new, "non-academic" exhibition policy. At that time, he met with the participants of the literary and artistic cabaret "Die Elf Scharfrichter" (The Eleven Executioners), communication with whom gave him new impulses for creativity. Kandinsky began writing art criticism...
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NKVM
1909 - 1912
At the end of the 1900s, after the self-dissolution of "Phalanx", Kandinsky mainly lived and worked in Murnau. However, upon returning to Munich, - a new stage of active creative and public activities, awaited him. His energy was boundless. He was engaged in many projects: he began writing a book that revealed his understanding of art, wrote critical articles for magazines and, of course, constantly ...
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The Jack of Diamonds
1911 - 1917
From the beginning of the 1900s until World War I, Kandinsky, while living in Germany, regularly traveled to Russia — to Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Odessa. He was keenly interested in the cultural process, took an active part in artistic life and exhibited his works at various exhibitions. Above all, he was drawn to artists and associations that, like him, were engaged in searching for new means and forms of expression..
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The Blue Rider
1911 - 1914
In 1911, while working on the Blue Rider Almanac, Kandinsky, together with a group of young avant-garde artists, established an international association bearing the same name in Munich and Murnau. Franz Marc was one of the originators of the association, along with Kandinsky. The name came up during a conversation over coffee: they both loved the color blue in paintings, Marc liked horses, and Kandinsky...
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