Talk:Wassily Kandinsky

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[edit] double-sided?

I had heard somewhere that many of kandinsky's works were "double-sided", where each side of the canvas had a different painting. I don't know much about it though. Can anyone this? - 24.137.104.16 03:26, 8 May 2005 (UTC)


Does anyone know if Kandinsky knew he was a synaesthete?—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.137.193.224 (talk • contribs) .

Kandinsky's paintings were "duble-sided—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.5.172.49 (talk • contribs) .

I couldnt finda any other mention of Lenin or Hitler in Kandinsky's paintings outside of here (also the representations arent clearly visible in the paintings). If whoever posted that could provide some sources that would be cool.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 141.161.122.61 (talk • contribs) .


[edit] Criticism

This article was the subject of rather disparaging references in an article in the Guardian newspaper today. ("Go to the Wikipedia entry on the artist, and one learns that the profiled face of Lenin appears in one of his paintings (is that a cloud, is it a beard?), and, even less plausibly, that a full-frontal portrait of Adolf Hitler is to be found in the lower left of Composition VI, which Kandinsky completed in 1912. This would be spooky, were it not ludicrous."). I know nothing about Kandinsky, but the writer seems to have a point. The points in question have now been removed, but can someone better-informed than me have a look and decide if any of the rest is tosh? HenryFlower 19:07, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

Upon very close inspection of Composition IV - which is meant to have the Lenin profile:
This image contains A LOT of different profiles and faces. One of them vaguely of looks like a slouched man with a goatee (top-centre, facing left, inside the profile that loks like its screaming). But come on, if you spend years drawing an abstract painting with lots of half-hidden figures inside, one of them is bound to have a beard, it's silly to claim that it is Lenin. Especially since this man is drawn in white - the colour of Lenin's opposition; he has no moustache, and his beard is the wrong colour. Might as well claim it's Jesus instead!
It would only deserve to be mentioned here if it were some well-known theory that a lot of superstitious fans subscribed to, but this is not the case - as I couldn't find a signle mention of this anywhere else apart from Wikipedia (and now the Guardian article).--Konstable 05:05, 23 June 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Delisted GA

This article has been delist for a number of reason see this discussion for reasons. Gnangarra 14:31, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

That link doesn't seem to go anywhere now? Either way, it's no surprise that it's delisted, the article needs serious work. Bits like this:
In Kandinsky’s works, some characteristics are obvious while certain touches are more discrete and veiled; that is to say they reveal themselves only progressively to those who make the effort to deepen their connection with his work. He intended his forms, which he subtly harmonized and placed, to resonate with the observer's own soul.
... seriously undermine the objectivity of the article. MKV (talk) 22:43, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

I added an {{OriginalResearch}} tag to the article. There are numerous sections that read like unsourced essays on Kandinsky and his work in the article. I think this is part of the reason it was delisted from GA. The sections should either be sourced or removed completely, in my opinion. · j·e·r·s·y·k·o talk · 18:52, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] W instead of V?

Maybe I've missed something, but why is the name spelt with a W in the title? I've never seen it spelt this way, and it doesn't make phonemic sense (if you get what I mean)... 61.9.204.168 05:35, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

He studied in Germany, where "В" would be transliterated as "W". That's got to have something to do with it. - THE GREAT GAVINI {T-C} 14:05, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

TRANSLITERATION: V is the English spelling W is the German and B is the Russian. W in German sounds like our "v", because he produced most of his works in Germany and therefore was primarily advertised there the most common spelling of his name as an artist is the German version.

[edit] Paintings, images

where are the paintings themself in the article? Did somebody take them away? Rob van Doorn 04:56, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

They were removed in a fit of vandalism. I've restored them. —Angr 20:02, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Haystacks

The hay link just goes to hay in general, not Monet's haystacks, which can be found here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haystacks_(Monet) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.186.104.15 (talk) 01:07, 10 March 2007 (UTC).

Can somebody please source the quote "That it was a haystack the catalogue informed me...." etc. I have not been able to find the origin of this quote, and I want to read it in context.

[edit] Transliteration of name

Kandinsky was from Russia, which means his name was written with Cyrillic letters. In most other countries of the world these letters must be replaced by Latin letters. In this case they go by spelling. For a German his name sounds like "Wassily", for an English speaking person like "Vassily". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.176.68.233 (talk) 20:41, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

Shouldn't this article be renamed Vasily Kandinsky as per Wikipedia:Romanization of Russian? The W makes him seem Polish. --D. Monack | talk 08:47, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

It depends... This article, while it can be considered a biography, mostly deals with Kandinsky's art practice and theory. As an artist Kandinsky has been known predominantly as "Wassily", if the article were fleshed out to incorporate more of his "life story" then yes, it should be changed. As it is the article adheres to the spelling employed by the majority of the "art world". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 123.243.7.239 (talk) 04:47, 20 May 2008 (UTC)