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Wassily Kandinsky / Church at Murnau

Church at Murnau

1910 · Oil on canvas

The spire of Murnau's St. Nicholas Church, reduced to a patch of bold colour among houses and mountains.

LocationEindhoven, Netherlands
Genrecityscape
Dimensions110.6 × 120 cm

Why it matters

Kandinsky painted the Bavarian village of Murnau and its church in expressive colour, during the years he and Gabriele Münter spent there with Marianne von Werefkin and Alexej Jawlensky.

Did you know?

  • It was painted in 1910.
  • The artists first went to Murnau together in 1908.
  • The period is known as the 'Murnau time'.

Based on the Dutch Wikipedia article Zicht op Murnau met kerk (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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