On White II

Auf Weiss II

1923

Geometric abstraction

Oil on canvas

41.3 × 38.6" (105.0 × 98.0 cm)

Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou

10 comments

November 15, 2023

Marius from Australia: I think it looks a bit like the internal components of a clock. (:

February 04, 2022

Get Carter: In my opinion it seems like TIME is RUNNING OUT

September 03, 2021

George Harryson: His art is so beautiful but the 3rd picture from the 1923 looks like a windmill

October 04, 2018

John Doe: I think this is my favorite piece from Wassily Kandinsky.

September 19, 2017

Susan DeLand: Who owns Kandinsky self-portraits?

December 16, 2014

Shafeeya from Sri Lanka: it is like everything about universe, earth like. four direction, the water, air pyramids the moon.

August 07, 2014

mr taco from pyroland: can anyone tell me how people reacted to the painting when it was first showed in public?

November 10, 2013

Nick Price from Perth: I like how the painting captivates my attention through the use of 2 different colours, White and black. These colours attract my attention and interest me.

November 06, 2012

Noah from Rensselaer, New York: It looks like a windmill to me. Anyone else see that?

July 09, 2012

Mike from London: It looks like an explosion to me. Movement outward from the centre , accentuated by the use of reds and yellows on the outer edges and earthy colours in the middle. Discovered this artist online today, pretty cool how abstract arts can draw creativity from the mind of the viewer.

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10 recent comments

July 11 — Yagiz Saglam : "Hi, I am currently writing my thesis about "doors" and getting inspiration for my diagram" »

June 27 — Dany : "I adore wassily's concentric circles. I didn't realise it was this small. I first saw it on a calender and was determined to copy it hooking rug style for a wall hanging.Done in hand dyed skirting bought from charity shops. It actually only took me 3 weeks. It is such a talking point when I have visitors. Funnily enough I dont care for his compositions but adore the two circles pieces." »

May 18 — Rayathad The Fifth : "This is bewtiful, just bewtiful.. In my castle, in transilvanya I have some works like his, love him! Makes me cry when I see his work, my emotions just start flowing...." »

May 05 — neil : "this looks like aboriginal (australia) art. beautiful." »

April 22 — Robert : "I had the pleasure of seeing this piece in person a few years back. I’m fairly certain the black lines were made with ink." »

April 15 — Alexandra from Oxford (UK) : "I really like the painting, I am choosing it for my graded test thank you to Penny Martin from the UK (SAMESIESSSS) for all of that info, very helpful." »

April 07 — isabella from michigan : "im doing a school report on kandinsky this message wall is so cute" »

March 06 — two ton tina : "love the curves and are easy to replicate." »

February 24 — Leonardo : "It looks so unrealistic… but also unrealistic at the same time… completely otherworldly music" »

February 10 — M. Dorman from Nice : "Hundreds of Lithographic copies were printed. The original is a 1928 Oil painting entitled "Ruhe" in German or "Repose" in English.(WK No.417, Roethel cat. no.860). Not sure why this work is positioned in 1942" »