Kandinsky

American  

[kan-din-skee, kuhn-dyeen-skyee] / kænˈdɪn ski, kʌnˈdyin skyi /

noun

1. Wassily or Vasili 1866–1944, Russian painter.

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Kandinsky British  

/ kanˈdinskij /

noun

1. Vasili (vaˈsilij). 1866–1944, Russian expressionist painter and theorist, regarded as the first to develop an entirely abstract style: a founder of der Blaue Reiter

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Example Sentences

Yet Münter has long been overshadowed by contemporaries like Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, who veered into acerbic expressionism, and Wassily Kandinsky, who migrated toward pure abstraction.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 10, 2026

An exhibition featuring works by Andy Warhol, Mark Rothko, Wassily Kandinsky, and Pablo Picasso has opened at the Beyeler Foundation, where Swiss artist Ugo Rondinone's We are Poems rainbow sculpture sits on the roof.

From BBC • May 11, 2025

Kandinsky lived in Munich for much of his early career: The Lenbachhaus, with 17 works, has one of the most important collections of his art worldwide.

From New York Times • Jun. 13, 2023

Mironov said he had therefore written to Russia's prosecutor general to ask him to investigate Sberbank and whether the content produced by "Kandinsky 2.1" was lawful.

From Reuters • Apr. 26, 2023

His name is Kandinsky, and the shapes he uses in his paintings look a lot like the ones I see when I hear noises.

From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass