Composition IX is often grouped with Surrealist works, though Kandinsky himself denied any influence of Surrealism on his art. Still, it is obvious that the biomorphic shapes are very close to those of the Surrealists — for example, Joan Miró.

The painter created only one preliminary sketch for Composition IX, while Composition X was made without any sketch at all. According to Nina Kandinsky, by that point in her husband's creative development, the painter was able to "see" the picture entirely in his head, and then simply reveal it on the canvas. Wide diagonal colored stripes in the background serve as a foundation for biomorphic and geometric forms that seem to float above them. Compared to the emotional depth and expressiveness of his earlier compositions, Composition IX bears a palpable decorative quality.

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