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Wassily Kandinsky / Lyrical

Lyrical

1911 · Oil on canvas

A horse and rider, barely recognisable, dissolve into flowing lines and streaks of colour.

LocationRotterdam, Netherlands
Genreabstract art
Dimensions94 × 130 cm

Why it matters

A horse and rider gallop through an immense space, evoked with a few expressive lines and clouds of colour. Kandinsky painted it as he moved from figurative to abstract art.

Did you know?

  • It was painted in 1911.
  • It measures 94 × 130 cm.
  • It is in the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen.

Based on the Dutch Wikipedia article Lyrisches (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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