Wassily Kandinsky

I find the work of Wassily Kandinsky vibrant and engaging. His influences included his early life in Russia and his religious catholic upbringing. Many symbols and images are prominent in his work. Music and colour were also of paramount importance to him and when he painted he described experiencing colour as a language. Those that have explored his letters and diary entries suggest strongly that he was a synesthete. He experienced dynamic colour in the sound of certain kinds of music. The result of all these influences and capacities is pieces of work that are multi-sensorial and symphonic. He was among a number of artists who believed that this kind of art had the capacity to communicate a spiritual world that was beyond the material and had the power to transcend humanity to a higher level.