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'Nuits de la Fondation Maeght' lithograph event poster

1971

$1,900
£1,431.81
€1,674.54
CA$2,688.54
A$2,728.37
CHF 1,572.85
MX$33,035.86
NOK 18,255.82
SEK 18,451.08
DKK 12,518.30

About the Item

This poster, published in 1971 for the Fondation Maeght, proudly boasts a lithographic rendering of Wassily Kandinsky's 1922 mural plans for the Juryfreie exhibition in Germany. It was in 1922 that Kandinsky was invited to teach at the Bauhaus in Weimar, Germany. There, he threw himself into an intensive period of artistic and theoretical production. With his students, the painter worked on monumental decors, including this mural cycle. The Bauhaus was closed in 1933 under the risign threat of Nazism, and Kandinsky ended this creative period and left for France. The composition places bursting forms of color against a dark black background, emblematic of the modern master's expressionist style. Unsigned. This poster has been cut down from its original size. The text originally at the bottom is included on the back of the frame. 21 x 22.13 inches, artwork 29.5 x 30.88 inches, frame Published by Imprimerie Arte Paris Framed to conservation standards using archival materials including 100 percent rag mounting, UF5 Plexiglas to inhibit fading, and housed in a silver finish wood moulding. Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky (16 December 1866 – 13 December 1944) was an influential Russian painter and art theorist. He is credited with painting the first purely abstract works. Born in Moscow, Kandinsky spent his childhood in Odessa. 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—he began painting studies (life-drawing, sketching and anatomy) at the age of 30. In 1896 Kandinsky settled in Munich, studying first at Anton Ažbe's private school and then at the Academy of Fine Arts. He returned to Moscow in 1914, after the outbreak of World War I. Kandinsky was unsympathetic to the official theories on art in Communist Moscow, and returned to Germany in 1921. There, he taught at the Bauhaus school of art and architecture from 1922 until the Nazis closed it in 1933. He then moved to France where he lived for the rest of his life, becoming a French citizen in 1939 and producing some of his most prominent art. He died at Neuilly-sur-Seine in 1944.
  • Creation Year:
    1971
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 29.5 in (74.93 cm)Width: 30.88 in (78.44 cm)
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  • After:
    Wassily Kandinsky (1866 - 1944, Russian)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Milwaukee, WI
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: G5434g1stDibs: LU60536506952

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