When I first encountered Kandinsky, it was the German Expressionist style he worked in when he was part of the German Expressionist group Der Blaue Reiter. I was pretty put off by it (maybe too many farm scenes?)! But, as I discovered his later work of pure abstraction, I was profoundly affected. He had such a powerful imagination, and an ability to make exciting images out of conglomerations of simple shapes. He is now one of my very favorite artists.
I first got interested in photography in middle school, in the 1970s. Some friends showed me there was a small darkroom at the school, and they showed me how to develop film, and how to make enlargements.
Mondrian’s work has been a big influence on me, and my approach to art. When I first encountered his paintings, I was struck by how spare, flat, and organized they were.
Wassily Kandinsky
When I first encountered Kandinsky, it was the German Expressionist style he worked in when he was part of the German Expressionist group Der Blaue Reiter. I was pretty put off by it (maybe too many farm scenes?)! But, as I discovered his later work of pure abstraction, I was profoundly affected. He had such a powerful imagination, and an ability to make exciting images out of conglomerations of simple shapes. He is now one of my very favorite artists.
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