Vasily KandinskyFrench, 1866–1944The Green Line
May one see it?
Not receiving at present
Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
- Checked
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Particulars
- Accession number
- 1953.337
In the catalog
Sources
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Image: Art Institute of Chicago — © the artist or rights holder
Meanwhile, in the life of Vasily Kandinsky
The whole life1930s
The Nazis confiscate the “Compositions”
A Nazi raid on the Bauhaus led to the confiscation of Kandinsky's first three “Compositions”, all of which were destroyed in World War II. His work was also caught up in the campaign against “degenerate art”; his now-lost “Zweierlei Rot” (1916) was shown in the Degenerate Art exhibition.
1936
Guggenheim buys “Rigid and Bent”
Solomon R. Guggenheim bought the large abstract painting “Rigid and Bent” (“Rigide et courbé”) of 1935 directly from the artist.
1939
French citizenship
In 1939 Kandinsky became a French citizen.
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