Yellow Red Blue | |
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Artist | Wassily Kandinsky |
Year | 1925 |
Medium | Oil on canvas |
Location | Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France |
Dimensions | 127 x 200 cm 50 x 78.7 in |
Wassily Kandinsky Famous Paintings | |
Der Blaue Reiter, 1903 | |
Composition IV, 1911 | |
Composition VII, 1913 | |
On White II, 1923 | |
Composition VI, 1913 | |
Composition VIII, 1923 | |
Yellow-Red-Blue, 1925 | |
Black and Violet, 1923 | |
Composition X, 1939 |
Yellow-Red-Blue by Wassily Kandinsky is an abstract oil painting on canvas. It was created in 1925 in Alten / Dessau-Alten, Germany. It was made with beautiful bright colors and features a variety of different shapes.
Shapes and Colors
The primary colors on the painting feature squares, circles and triangles and there are abstract shapes mixed in with these. There are also straight and curved black lines that go through the colors and shapes. This is to help provoke deep thought in the person viewing the piece.
Impressions
This painting can actually be divided in half with how different each of the sides are. The left side has rectangles, squares and straight lines in bright colors while the right side features darker colors in various abstract shapes. These two sides show different influences and are meant to create varied emotions in the viewer.
Where is it now?
This painting is currently housed at the Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France. It is 127 x 200 cm in size and many prints of it are replicated throughout the world.