1914

Solo exhibitions in Munich, followed by Cologne, Marburg, Barmen, and Stuttgart.
Exhibitions of Der Blaue Reiter in Oslo (then Kristiania), Trondheim, Helsinki, and Gothenburg.
Second edition of the Der Blaue Reiter almanac.
Preparations with Hartmann for a production of The Yellow Sound in Munich.
In March, completes one of the key works of this period, Fugue — which the artist himself described as a "controlled improvisation."
On 1 August 1914, Germany declares war on Russia. Kandinsky leaves for Switzerland and returns to Russia in December. Franz Marc and August Macke are called to the front.