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1940


  • Despite the oppressive atmosphere on the eve of the occupation of Paris, Kandinsky paints Sky Blue - one of the most joyful and refined works of his biomorphic period. Another important work is Around the Circle, which combines biomorphic and geometric elements. Also this year, the artist created a series of works on black cardboard, such as Composition and Untitled. Due to a shortage of canvases, the artist increasingly uses small formats.
  • In June, with the beginning of the German occupation of Paris, a mass exodus begins. The Kandinskys leave for the small town of Cauterets, right on the border with Spain. However, as early as August, fearing the confiscation of their abandoned property and confident in their protection as French citizens, they return.
  • Legal participation in exhibitions in France is now impossible for Kandinsky. Only the gallery of Jeanne Bucher remained, which secretly helped artists who were under the ban.
  • Exhibitions in the USA: exhibitions at Solomon Guggenheim’s Museum of Non-Objective Painting, at J.B. Neumann’s New Art Circle gallery in New York, as well as traveling exhibitions of the Société Anonyme at regional American universities.
  • At the end of the year, the artist travels to visit Joan Miró at his temporary refuge in the Norman coastal town of Varengeville-sur-Mer.


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