Watch Wassily Kandinsky

Color, form, area, this is the formula of the greatest pioneer of abstract painting, Wassily Kandinsky. Kandinsky cme to art late in life, but his impact through Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider) and Bauhaus paved the way for modern art. In 1913, he created one of the first abstract pictures, the theoretical basis of which was inspired by his essay Uber das Geistige in der Kunst (On the Spiritual in Art). Accompanied by Mussorgsky's Picture From An Exhibition Labarthe goes on a sensual journey which makes the soul resound with colors and forms.