Russian painter and art theorist. Kandinsky is generally credited as one of the pioneers of abstraction in western art. Born in Moscow, he spent his childhood in Odessa, where he graduated from Odessa Art School. He enrolled at the University of Moscow, studying law and economics. Successful in his profession, he was offered a professorship (chair of Roman Law) at the University of Dorpat (today Tartu, Estonia). Kandinsky began painting studies (life-drawing, sketching and anatomy) at the age of 30.
Artwork by Wassily Kandinsky.
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Address: Catherine Street, Rotherham, S65 1ED
How to spot the artwork: Walk up the street from the entrance to the Rotherham Civic Theatre and look up to the building on your left opposite Clifton Hall Car Park.
