About the artworkGroupement (Grouping) is a seminal work in Wassily Kandinsky’s oeuvre that highlights his crucial role in the development of abstract art. Dark blue and spiky shapes dominate, but there are also vibrant reds and oranges and more rounded, organic forms. The composition evokes a sense of movement and energy, reflecting Kandinsky’s belief that colour and form could convey emotions and ideas independently of recognisable objects. Painting, he believed, was deeply connected to the spiritual. Likewise, art must rise above the endeavour to be merely representational and instead speak to the human soul, as music does. The aim was to evoke pure, authentic emotion through his innovative use of bold brushstrokes, geometric shapes and vibrant colours. Signatures, inscriptions and marks På baksidan i svart "K No 644 1937" Selected exhibition history Wassily Kandinsky (1965) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Den underjordiska himlen. Surrealism i Moderna Museets samling (den 26 oktober 2024 - den 17 januari 2027) Moderna Museet, Stockholm The Moderna Museet exhibition catalogues Kandinsky : Moderna Museet, Stockholm 10 april - 23 maj 1965 Bibliography Roethel, Hans K. och Benjamin, Jean K., Kandinsky. Werverzeichnis der Ölgemälde. Band 2 1916-1944, Verlag C.H. Beck, München 1984, ill. nr 1082, s 975. Kandinsky in Paris 1934-44, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York 1985, ill. 47, s 78, (verket var ej med i utställningen). Taube, Maria, Kärleken och döden: Konst på Moderna Museet, Stockholm 2002, s 28, ill. s 29.

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