Smart Secrets of Great Paintings

Season 1 Episode 10: Colorful Life (1907) by Wassily Kandinsky

The roots of "Colourful Life" (1907), just like those of Vassily Kandinsky himself, were firmly anchored in age-old Russian soil. And yet the painting contains all the elements that were to accompany the painter in the greatest revolution in the history of art: the leap into abstraction. This documentary examines Kandinsky's rejection of Western thought and efforts to preserve Russian culture during modernization. He contracted typhus during a trip to study peasant life; his feverish hallucinations inspired the work that evokes a forgotten golden age sought after by Russian Symbolist painters and poets. Finally, viewers learn about the philosophies on color and light that led him to compose his famous Yellow-Red-Blue.

Genre:

Documentary

Seasons:

1

Episodes:

24

Cast:

Clémentine Célarié

Quality:

HD

Duration:

26 min

First Air:

2015

Rating:

8.0