Kandinsky and Old Russia

The Artist as Ethnographer and Shaman

• Author(s): Neil A. Weiss, Peg Weiss, Wassily Kandinsky,
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Pages: 291
• ISBN_13: 9780300056471
  ISBN_10: 0300056478
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Art / History / General ,

Description:... Vasilii Kandinsky, whom many consider to be the father of abstract painting, was also a trained ethnographer with an abiding interest in the folklore of Old Russia. In this provocative book, Peg Weiss provides an entirely new interpretation of Kandinsky's art by examining for the first time how this commitment to his ethnic Russian heritage influenced the painter's work throughout his career.