How Kandinsky helped create abstract art

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Lyrical (from Sounds) (1911) by Wassily Kandinsky

Facts within art history aren’t always as solidly verifiable as we would like them to be. Can we say with certainty that Wassily Kandinsky, born on this day, 16 December [4 Dec. Old Style], in 1866, was the first abstract painter?

Read more here:  How Kandinsky helped create abstract art | Art | Agenda | Phaidon

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