Kandinsky prints
Vasily Kandinsky (1866–1944) was one of the first painters to leave the visible world behind and paint pure colour, line and rhythm. He compared painting to music, and his Improvisations were meant to work like music does: directly on the emotions.
Improvisation No. 30 (Cannons), from 1913, is one of the most dramatic. Blues, reds and yellows collide across the canvas, and two cannons appear in the lower corner, a sign of the year in which it was painted. The original is in the Art Institute of Chicago; our print is made from a high-resolution scan of it and keeps its square format.
A square print is useful: it fits above a console table, in a narrow hallway or between two windows, and it combines easily with portrait prints in a gallery wall.
Questions
Why is the print square?
The original painting is almost exactly square, and we never crop an artwork. Our 50×50 cm size shows the whole composition.
Is Kandinsky in the public domain?
Kandinsky died in 1944, so his works are in the public domain in the EU. This painting was also made before 1930, which places it in the public domain in the United States.