Wassily Kandinsky (1866 �1944) was an influential Russian painter and art theorist. He is credited with painting the first purely abstract works. Born in Moscow, Kandinsky spent his childhood in Odessa. He enrolled at the University of Moscow, studying law and economics. Successful in his profession - he was offered a professorship (chair of Roman Law) at the University of Dorpat - he began painting studies (life-drawing, sketching and anatomy) at the age of 30.

For more biographical notes see part 1. For earlier works see parts 1 and 2. This is part 3 of a 4-part post on the works of Wassily Kandinsky. The works are shown in chronological order:

1915-16 Untitled watercolour & ink 47 x 63.5 cm

1916 Drawing for Etching II pen & ink 24.8 x 19 cm

1916 Moscow I oil on canvas

1917 Blue Crest

1917 Dusk

1917 Improvisation 209

1917 Overcast oil on canvas 105 x 134 cm

1919 In Grey oil on canvas

1919 White Oval oil on canvas 80 x 93 cm

1920 Red Oval oil on canvas 71.5 x 71.5 cm

1920 White Line oil on canvas

1921 Blue Segment

1921 Red Spot II oil on canvas 131 x 181 cm

1921 Study for "Circles on Black" watercolour & ink on paper 25.5 x 25.5 cm

1922 Black Grid

1922 Small Worlds II lithograph

1922 White Cross oil on canvas 100.5 x 110.6 cm

1923 Black and Violet

1923 Composition VIII oil on canvas

1923 Green Composition

1923 In the Black Square oil on canvas 97.5 x 93.3 cm

1923 Mild Tension

1923 On White II oil on canvas 105 x 98 cm

1923 Sin Titulo

1923 Transverse Line oil on canvas

1923 Violet lithograph 29.1 x 19.1 cm

1924 Black Relationship watercolour & ink on paper 36.8 x 36.2 cm

1924 Contrasting Sounds oil on cardboard 70 x 49.5 cm

1924 Heavy Red oil on cardboard 58.7 x 48.7 cm � ProLitteris, Zu�rich

1924 Sharp Quiet Pink oil on cardboard 63.6 x 48.2 cm

1925 Small Dream In Red oil on cardboard 35.5 x 41.2 cm

1925 Swinging oil on board 70.5 x 50.2 cm � ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2002

1925 Yellow-Red-Blue oil on canvas

1926 Development

1926 Several Circles oil on canvas 140 x 140 cm

1927 Dark Freshness

1927 Heavy Circles