Cossacks (Part of the Composition IV)

Kosaken (Fragment zu Komposition IV)

1910

Oil on canvas

51.2 × 37" (130.0 × 94.0 cm)

The artist said that the work was based on impressions of the Cossacks' entry into Moscow during the revolutionary events of 1905–1906. This is a semi-abstract work.

In the upper left, two Cossacks with sabers are visible; on the right, two Cossacks with lances and one with a saber stand against a blue hill with a house atop it. The rainbow serves as a bridge.

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2021

November 06

Margaret: My first husband stood me in front of this every Sunday. I love it and have a print of it always with me.

2019

October 26

Ben from Dover: Love this painting! Really brings out the tough environment he lived in. Truly a man of skill here!

2014

March 16

Ellie from Peterborough: I love Kandinsky's paintings!!!

2012

August 09

Samantha from Wales : I love Kandinsky so much! I never really liked abstact until I saw Cossacks In the Tate! <3

2011

January 05

laura from farnham : we have being learning about absract art in our art lessons and i think this is amazing picture that he has made himself

2010

April 01

Jim Nunes from Galt CA USA: I saw Cossacks at the Tate in London last summer 2009. One of my favorites. Looks similar to Composition IV

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10 recent comments

September 14 — underscoreAye : "I think that this painting is more awesome than painting with white lines" »

September 14 — Isi : "Das Bild hängt seit Jahren in unserer Ambulanz. Es sieht aus wie ein Ritter auf seinem Pferd mit seiner Lanze und Schild. Und er reitet auf einem Pferd." »

August 31 — Der Blaue Victor : "This was the first picture of K’s that Gabriele Münter remembers seeing." »

August 17 — admin : "Hi Adam,Yes, it is the exact same artwork, widely known as "Red Sun and Ship". Its official catalog name is "Ein Speer" ("One Spit").As for the owner, the painting belongs to a private collection, and the specific owner's name is not publicly disclosed." »

August 16 — Adam Ørvad : "Is the not "Red Sun and Ship" (Krasnoe Solnce i Korabl)(1925)?? And do you know, who is the owner? Regards, Adam Ørvad" »

July 28 — Yves GUERRINI : "Cette composition illustre parfaitement la dernière manière de Kandinsky, lorsqu'il s'établit en France. Le biomorphisme et le lyrisme de cette œuvre pourrait faire penser aux formes biomorphiques que Miro commençait de peindre à cette époque." »

July 28 — Yves GUERRINI : "Une œuvre manifeste du Bauhaus. Elle réalise à la perfection les théories énoncées dans "Point, ligne sur plan"" »

July 28 — Yves GUERRINI : "Magistrale composition qui se trouve à la lisière entre figuration et abstraction." »

July 28 — Yves Guerrini : "Somme de toutes ses recherches antérieures, cette vaste composition n'en est pas moins confuse et touffue, Kandinsky n'ayant pas su limiter ses moyens plastiques." »

July 26 — Carole : "He’s tired of the formalities set down about painting. He will, at this time, do what feels good. Some may say a regression , for him it is a liberation! You would have had to follow his journey to understand where he is now. Like or dislike,is not in his vocabulary." »