The roots of "Colourful Life" (1907), just like those of Vassily Kandinsky himself, were firmly anchored in age-old Russian soil. And yet the painting contains all the elements that were to accompany the painter in the greatest revolution in the history of art: the leap into abstraction. This documentary examines Kandinsky's rejection of Western thought and efforts to preserve Russian culture during modernization. He contracted typhus during a trip to study peasant life; his feverish hallucinations inspired the work that evokes a forgotten golden age sought after by Russian Symbolist painters and poets. Finally, viewers learn about the philosophies on color and light that led him to compose his famous Yellow-Red-Blue.
Season 1
The Moneylender and his Wife (1514) by Quentin Massys The Artist's Studio (1855) by Gustave Courbet Bathers at Asniers (1884) by Georges Seurat Las Meninas (1665) by Diego Velazquez The Wedding at Cana (1563) by Paolo Veronese The Martyrdom of Saint Appolonia (1461) by Jean Fouquet A Lady in Her Bath (1571) by Francois Clouet Marie-Antoinette de Lorraine-Habsbourg, Queen of France and Her Children (1787) by Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun Women of Algiers in Their Apartment (1834) by Eugène Delacroix Colorful Life (1907) by Wassily Kandinsky Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? 1897, Paul Gauguin Temptations of St. Anthony, 1501, Hieronymus Bosch Western Port in Frankfurt am Main, 1916, Ludwig Kirchner Lady and the Unicorn, Circa 1500, Anonymous The Primavera, 1482, Sandro Botticelli The Astronomer (1668) by Johannes Vermeer The Night Watch (1642) by Rembrandt Van Rijn The Second of May 1808 (1814) by Francisco Goya Women on a Café Terrace in the Evening (1877) by Edgar Degas View of Warsaw From the Terrace of the Royal Palace (1773) by Bernardo Bellotto Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette, 1876, Renoir Pulcinella and Acrobats, 1797, Tiepolo The Slave Ship, 1840, J.M. Turner Men of the Docks, 1912, Bellows
The Moneylender and his Wife (1514) by Quentin Massys The Artist's Studio (1855) by Gustave Courbet Bathers at Asniers (1884) by Georges Seurat Las Meninas (1665) by Diego Velazquez The Wedding at Cana (1563) by Paolo Veronese The Martyrdom of Saint Appolonia (1461) by Jean Fouquet A Lady in Her Bath (1571) by Francois Clouet Marie-Antoinette de Lorraine-Habsbourg, Queen of France and Her Children (1787) by Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun Women of Algiers in Their Apartment (1834) by Eugène Delacroix Colorful Life (1907) by Wassily Kandinsky Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? 1897, Paul Gauguin Temptations of St. Anthony, 1501, Hieronymus Bosch Western Port in Frankfurt am Main, 1916, Ludwig Kirchner Lady and the Unicorn, Circa 1500, Anonymous The Primavera, 1482, Sandro Botticelli The Astronomer (1668) by Johannes Vermeer The Night Watch (1642) by Rembrandt Van Rijn The Second of May 1808 (1814) by Francisco Goya Women on a Café Terrace in the Evening (1877) by Edgar Degas View of Warsaw From the Terrace of the Royal Palace (1773) by Bernardo Bellotto Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette, 1876, Renoir Pulcinella and Acrobats, 1797, Tiepolo The Slave Ship, 1840, J.M. Turner Men of the Docks, 1912, Bellows
Smart Secrets of Great Paintings - Season 1 Episode 10 Colorful Life (1907) by Wassily Kandinsky
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