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Wassily Kandinsky / Improvisation 28 (second version)

Improvisation 28 (second version)

1912 · Oil on canvas

An explosion of colour and line with barely recognisable forms, one of the Improvisations that Kandinsky saw as spontaneous expressions of inner feeling.

LocationNew York, United States
Genreabstract art
Dimensions112.6 × 162.5 cm

Why it matters

Black lines and patches of colour float on a pale ground. Details may suggest a boat, waves, a snake or a couple kissing, but the whole is abstract.

Did you know?

  • It was painted in 1912.
  • It is the second version of Improvisation 28.
  • It is in the Guggenheim Museum in New York.

Based on the French Wikipedia article Improvisation 28 (Deuxième version) (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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