Generative Art Timeline · Chapter 2: Modern Era (1850–1949)
1923
Composition 8 by Wassily Kandinsky
While at the Bauhaus, Kandinsky further developed his Constructivist aesthetic by investigating the use of color, form, and composition to convey emotional and spiritual themes. One of Kandinsky’s most well-known works, Composition 8 also presages the dominant role of circles in his later work.
Text by Peter Bauman. Generative Art Timeline, Le Random.
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Bauhaus, Constructivism, Suprematism
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- abstraction, color, Constructivism, Geometric Abstraction, geometry, painting, spirituality, Suprematism
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- Wassily Kandinsky
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- Composition 8
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- Bauhaus
Echoes across time
- 1962 · The Great Experiment: Russian Art, 1863-1922 by Camilla Gray
- 1973 · 1024 Colours by Gerhard Richter
- 1966 · Systemic Painting Exhibition, The Guggenheim Museum
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