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Kandinsky

American  
[kan-din-skee, kuhn-dyeen-skyee] / kænˈdɪn ski, kʌnˈdjin skji /

noun

  1. Wassily or Vasili 1866–1944, Russian painter.


Kandinsky British  
/ kanˈdinskij /

noun

  1. Vasili (vaˈsilij). 1866–1944, Russian expressionist painter and theorist, regarded as the first to develop an entirely abstract style: a founder of der Blaue Reiter

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That is most easily seen with Kandinsky, starting with four landscapes he painted in Murnau.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 10, 2026

A German bank will return a Kandinsky painting to the heirs of a Jewish family that suffered persecution by the Nazis.

From New York Times Jul. 27, 2023

Mironov said he had therefore written to Russia's prosecutor general to ask him to investigate Sberbank and whether the content produced by "Kandinsky 2.1" was lawful.

From Reuters Apr. 26, 2023

In 2021, the municipality of Amsterdam agreed to return another Kandinsky work, “Painting With Houses,” to the heirs of the Jewish family that originally owned it.

From Seattle Times Mar. 2, 2023

If I’m going to imitate Kandinsky, I’m going to have to bring on the shapes.

From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass

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