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1916


  • At the beginning of the year, lives in Stockholm, where he meets with Münter several times to finalize their separation and divide their property.
  • While there, creates a series of six drypoint etchings.
  • Returns to Moscow. In May 1916, meets Nina Andreevskaya. According to Nina's own recollections, their first contact was by telephone, and her voice so struck the artist that he dedicated a watercolor to it, To an To The Unknown Voice. At the time of their meeting, Kandinsky was 49, Nina around 20.
  • Inspired by Moscow, paints Moscow I and Moscow II, as well as Moscow. Smolensky Boulevard, Moscow. Zubovskaya Square, and Moscow. Red Square.