High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky /k nˈdɪnski/ (Russian: Vasílij Vasíl'evich Kandínskij, Vasilij Vasil'evič Kandinskij, Russian pronunciation: 16 December 1866-13 December 1944) was an influential Russian painter and art theorist. He is credited with painting the first purely-abstract works. Born in Moscow, Kandinsky spent his childhood in Odessa. He enrolled at the University of Moscow, studying law and economics. Successful in his profession-he was offered a professorship (chair of Roman Law) at the University of Dorpat-he began painting studies (life-drawing, sketching and anatomy) at the age of 30.
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