Kandinsky

American  

[kan-din-skee, kuhn-dyeen-skyee] / kænˈdɪn ski, kʌnˈdyin skyi /

noun

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

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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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Example Sentences

Yet Münter has long been overshadowed by contemporaries like Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, who veered into acerbic expressionism, and Wassily Kandinsky, who migrated toward pure abstraction.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 10, 2026

In February, local artist Soo Hong showcases a series of paintings on translucent surfaces, fluid and colorful explosions that hearken back to Wassily Kandinsky and Paul Klee but feel completely contemporary and original.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 2, 2024

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

The Kandinsky, the star work of Sotheby’s 36-lot sale of modern and contemporary art, sold to a single telephone bid from a buyer that was its third-party guarantor.

From New York Times • Mar. 1, 2023

His name is Kandinsky, and the shapes he uses in his paintings look a lot like the ones I see when I hear noises.

From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass