Task 1: Make a visual research page on Wassily Kandinsky

Examples
Y7 Abstract Forms

1. Make a large decorative title “Kandinsky” out of

shapes from his paintings- creating your own font!
2. Draw lots of different shapes, lines and sections
from his paintings to decorate the page. Use
whatever materials you have to do this.
3. Research Wassily Kandinsky; use the knowledge
organiser and do your own research to add at least
8 facts about Kandinsky and his work to your page.
https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/wassily-kandinsky-1382
https://www.theartstory.org/artist/kandinsky-wassily/

4. Add your OWN OPINION of the artist’s work.

Present your work in a decorative way that refelcts
the style of Kandinsky‘s work.

Abstract: Art that does not attempt to represent external

reality, but rather seeks to achieve its effect using shapes,
colours, and textures.

Stretch Challenge: Find out about Abstract Expressionism…what is it? When did it happen? Who was
involved? Write a few short sentences to explain and add them to you Kandinsky Research page.
 Wassily Kandinsky
Facts:
• Wassily (Vasily) Wassilyevich Kandinsky was born in
1866 in Moscow
• Kandinsky did not turn to painting until he reached
the age of 30
• An early champion of abstract painting, Wassily
Kandinsky is known for his lyrical style and
innovative theories on nonfigurative art
• Kandinsky had a strong interest in the relationship
between art and classical music
• He was a teacher at the Bauhaus a German
school of art which has bee influential in shaping
modern design.
Key features of the artwork:
Abstract, random composition, geometric, angles,
layers, overlapping, blending, block colours, fine
outlines, curves, wiggles.

Synaesthesia: a perceptual condition in which the stimulation of one sense triggers

an automatic, involuntary experience in another sense. People who have synesthesia
may see sounds, taste words or feel a sensation on their skin when they smell certain
scents.

• Wassily Kandinsky a Russian artist is known as one of the first artists to

move into abstract art. But he may have had synaesthesia.
• He has said “I saw all my colours in spirit, before my eyes. Wild,
almost crazy lines were sketched in front of me”.
• Even as a child he remembered hearing a hissing noise as he stirred
his colours in a paint box.
• Much like people with synaesthesia when they hear a single
musical note such as C sharp they witness a hue of red, Kandinsky
noted that hearing the cello play it had the darkest of blues.
• Whether Kandinsky had synaesthesia is not known for sure but he
did suggest he linked the sight of colours to sound, making works of
art that were visually vibrant as a person with synaesthesia may see

QUOTES: ”Colour is a power which directly influences the soul. Colour is the keyboard, the eyes are the hammer, the
soul is the strings. The artist is the hand that plays, touching one key or another, to cause vibrations in the soul.”