Many artists use color to express aspects of life. Wassily Kandinsky, on the other hand, was of the opinion that colors were endowed with their very own lives. His paintings, with their incredibly vivid coloration, are in many cases pure representations of this idea.

Kandinsky did not so much paint subjects as much as he painted, well, colors. A piece like "Green Composition," for example, has no discernible subject. Some of the elements might be representational; is that a mountain range, perhaps? The clear focus of the piece, however, is color. The greens and other colors are almost impossibly bright and attractive.

Pieces that seem to have subject clues, like "Improvisation 31 (Sea Battle)," can be just a obscure. One could certainly not identify a boat in the picture; indeed, one would be hard-pressed to point out a body of water (which one would presume is a prerequisite for a "sea battle") in the work. Once again, the astounding power of the colors involved renders arguments over "subject" entirely moot. The most "representational" Kandinsky works are simple pieces that depict circles of color ("Farbstudie Quadratie").

While colors are important in any painting, they are obviously particularly crucial to the work of Kandinsky. When looking for reproductions of Kandinsky's works, make sure to find prints that do justice to the colors involved. The Kandinsky prints found here at ARTinaClick.com have been specially selected for their recreation of the power of Kandinsky's painting style.

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