Wassily Kandinsky — Tempered Elan, 1944

Tempered Elan

L'Élan tempéré

1944

Biomorphic abstraction

Oil on cardboard

16.5 × 22.8" (42.0 × 58.0 cm)

Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou

Completed in March 1944 in occupied Paris, L'Élan tempéré is Wassily Kandinsky’s final oil painting. Created just nine months before his death, this masterpiece represents the pinnacle of his late "Parisian" style.

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