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1897–1899

Anton Ažbe's studio

From 1897 Kandinsky studied painting in Anton Ažbe's private studio, but the two years he spent there did not satisfy him.

October 1898

His first exhibition appearance, in Odessa

At the ninth exhibition of the Society of South Russian Artists in Odessa Kandinsky exhibited for the first time: the painting “Odessa. The Port” and a couple of studies painted some years earlier.

from 1900

Travels: North Africa, Italy, France

From 1900 Kandinsky travelled widely — to North Africa, Italy and France, with visits to Odessa and Moscow — and took part in the exhibitions of the Moscow Society of Artists.

1900–1901

The Academy of Fine Arts: Franz von Stuck's class

In 1900 Kandinsky entered the Munich Academy of Fine Arts and until 1901 studied under Franz von Stuck.

1901

Founds the Phalanx association and school

Kandinsky founded the artists' association Phalanx and, within it, a painting school where he taught.

1902

Becomes close to Gabriele Münter

In summer the Phalanx school went to Kallmünz, and there the thirty-five-year-old Kandinsky grew close to a twenty-six-year-old student, Gabriele Münter. Their relationship was never formalized, although he divorced his first wife only in 1911.