Black Relationship (Schwarze Beziehung)

summer 1922

Teacher at the Bauhaus

From the summer of 1922 Kandinsky worked at the Bauhaus and became a leading theorist of the school. In the interwar years he gained worldwide recognition as one of the leaders of abstract art.

1922–1933

Employed by: Bauhaus

1923

The Blue Four

At the instigation of Galka Scheyer, Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Lyonel Feininger and Alexej von Jawlensky formed the group the Blue Four; from 1924 Scheyer promoted their work in the United States.

1925

The Bauhaus leaves Weimar for Dessau

Because of right-wing hostility the Bauhaus left Weimar for Dessau.

1926

“Point and Line to Plane” is published

His study of form, particularly of points and lines, led to the publication of his second theoretical book; his examination of the effect of forces on straight lines coincided with the research of the Gestalt psychologists, also discussed at the Bauhaus.