Landscape with Figures and a Crucifix
Medium
woodcut in orange, blue, and black on laid paper
Dimensions
image: 9.8 x 9.7 cm (3 7/8 x 3 13/16 in.) sheet: 28 x 27.5 cm (11 x 10 13/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Frank R. and Jeannette H. Eyerly
Accession Number
1994.63.3
About the Artist
Wassily Kandinsky
Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944) was a Russian-born painter and art theorist who is widely credited as one of the pioneers of abstract art, producing some of the earliest non-representational paintings in Western art history. Born in Moscow, he initially studied law and economics at the University of Moscow before abandoning an academic career at thirty to study painting in Munich. In Munich, Kandin...