Untitled
1927
oil
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
1927
oil
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
You see a small board covered in bright, floating shapes—circles, triangles, and wavy lines in red, blue, yellow, and black. Nothing looks like a real object. Kandinsky painted this in 1927, when he taught at the Bauhaus, a school that mixed art and design. He believed colors and shapes could express feelings without showing anything real. The thin, careful lines feel like a quiet conversation between geometry and emotion. If you like this, look up *impasto*—a technique where paint is laid on thickly, giving texture to abstract works.
