HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
Wassily Kandinsky was born in Moscow in 1866 and spent his early childhood in Odessa. He grew up in a cultured family: his parents played the piano and the zither. Kandinsky himself learned to play the piano and the cello at an early age - the influence of music in his paintings later in life was enormous, down to the names of his works Improvisations, Impressions and Compositions.
In 1886 Kandinsky began to study law and economics at the Moscow University and started lecturing at the Moscow Faculty of Law after passing his exams. He had many interests and while he…
