Born: 16 December 1866 · Died: 13 December 1944 · Age at death: 77
How old was Wassily Kandinsky when he died?
Wassily Kandinsky died aged 77. He was born on 16 December 1866 and died on 13 December 1944.
Russian painter considered a pioneer of abstract art
Did you know?He was a trained lawyer and economist but abandoned a legal career to study painting when he was thirty.
Quick facts
Date of birth16 December 1866
Date of death13 December 1944
Age at death77
Cause of deathStroke
NationalityRussian-French
BirthplaceMoscow, Russia
Occupationpainter, university teacher, art theorist
Editor's Take:
Wassily Kandinsky wanted painting to work like music, moving the soul without telling a story. He experienced colours almost as sounds. He gradually dissolved landscapes into pure shapes and lines. His book on spirituality in art helped explain abstraction to a puzzled public. At the Bauhaus he taught a generation of designers. The Nazis branded his work 'degenerate'. He spent his last years in France. His paintings now hang in major museums across the world.
Key Milestones
1896: Leaves law to study painting in Munich
1911: Co-founds the Blue Rider group
1922: Begins teaching at the Bauhaus
1933: Moves to France after the Bauhaus closes
Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky (16 December 1866 – 13 December 1944) was a Russian painter and art theorist active in Germany during the late Belle Époque and Interwar eras. Kandinsky is generally credited as one of the pioneers of abstraction in Western art.
Wassily Kandinsky's birthday is December 16. He was born on December 16, 1866 in Moscow, Russia.
How old was Wassily Kandinsky when he died?
Wassily Kandinsky died on December 13, 1944, aged 77.
Who shares a birthday with Wassily Kandinsky?
Famous people who share Wassily Kandinsky's December 16 birthday include Ludwig van Beethoven, Jane Austen, Arthur C. Clarke, Margaret Mead and Philip K. Dick.
