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Wassily Kandinsky was born in Moscow into a merchant family. In 1871 the family moved to Odessa, where his parents soon divorced. The boy was looked after by his aunt. In Odessa Kandinsky studied in a classical gymnasium and had private lessons in music, drawing and painting. In 1886 he returned to Moscow to begin studying law and economics at the Moscow University. While a student, in 1889, he got commissioned by the "Society for Natural Science, Ethnography and Anthropology" to go on a research expedition to Vologda. The strong folk art of northern Russia made a lasting impression on him, and the results of his trip made an impression on the Society, which chose him their member.
In 1892 Kandinsky got his Law degree. He became a lecturer at the Moscow University, and married his cousin Anna (Anya) Chimiakina. He pursued his academic career but at the same time paid more and more attention to art. Thus in 1895 he took the post of art director of a publishing house in Moscow. Continued...

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	Poster for the First Phalanx Exhibition. 1901. Color lithograph on paper. 47.3 x 60.3 cm. Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany.
	Old Town II. 1902. Oil on canvas. 52 x 78.5 cm. Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France.
	Farewell (Large Version). 1903. Color woodcut, rwo blocks. 31.2 x 31.2 cm. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
	The Golden Sail. 1903. Color woodcut, two blocks, gold and stencil, third state. 12.7 x 29.7 cm. Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany.
	The Blue Rider. 1903. Oil on canvas. 55 x 65 cm. Private collection.
	The Singer. 1903. Colored woodcut, three blocks in secondstate. 19.5 x 14.5 cm. Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany.
	Gabriele Münter Painting in Kallmünz. 1903. Oil on canvas. 58.5 x 58.5 cm. Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany.
	In the Forest. 1904. Mixed media on panel. 26 x 19.8 cm. Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany.
	Beach Baskets in Holland. 1904. Oil on canvas mounted on cardboard. 24 x 32.6 cm. Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany.
	Gabriele Münter. 1905. Oil on canvas. 45 x 45 cm. Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany.
	Couple Riding. 1906. Oil on canvas. 55 x 50.5 cm. Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany.
	Volga Song. 1906. Tempera on cardboard. 49 x 66 cm. Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France.
	Colorful Life. 1907. Tempera on canvas. 130 x 162.5 cm. Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany.
	Munich-Schwabing with the Church of St. Ursula. 1908. Oil on cardboard. 68.8 x 49 cm. Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany.
	The Blue Mountain. 1908/09. Oil on canvas. 106 x 96.6 cm. The Solomon R. Guggebheim Museum, New York, NY, USA.