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The Blue Rider (Kandinsky)
Painting by Wassily Kandinsky
| The Blue Rider | |
|---|---|
| Artist | Wassily Kandinsky |
| Year | 1903 |
| Medium | oil on card |
| Dimensions | 55 cm × 60 cm (22 in × 24 in) |
| Location | Private collection |
The Blue Rider (German: Der Blaue Reiter) is an oil painting executed in Bavaria in 1903 by the Russian emigré artist Wassily Kandinsky.
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It is now held in a private collection in Zürich, and shares its name with an almanac and the art movement he would co-found with Franz Marc in the early 1910s.
Background
Kandinsky was born in Moscow in 1866, the only son of a tea merchant.[1] When his parents divorced, he was sent to live with an aunt; it was his life there when he first discovered the magic of colours.
At university, he decided to study Economics and Law, passing his exams "with ease".[1] Shortly after marrying his cousin, after seeing one in Monet's series of paintings Haystack