Singer
Artist/Maker
Wassily Kandinsky
(Russian, 1866–1944)
Date1903
MediumColor woodcut
DimensionsImage/Sheet: 7 13/16 × 5 3/4 in. (19.8 × 14.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hazel B. King
Object number1946.40
Status
Not on viewThe Singer's flowing lines and muted colors suggest the early Symbolist and Jugendstil tendencies of Kandinsky's early work in Munich. During this period, Kandinsky's work began to develop and strengthen into the abstracted style he is known for today, nearly a decade before his close collaboration with Franz Marc and Paul Klee in the Blaue Reiter group. Kandinsky was captivated with the woodcut technique, claiming that this medium synthesized elements of music, poetry, and the fine arts. He saw working with woodcuts as crucial to the development of his painting, and thus an important introduction to his later abstractions.
Exhibition History
The Great Woodcut Revival
- Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH ( 1982 - 1982 )
Love, Glory and Guns: Images of Peace and War from the Permanent Collection
- Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (October 3, 1986 - November 16, 1986 )
From Expressionism to the New Objectivity: German Prints and Drawings, 1905-1945
- Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (June 28, 1988 - August 21, 1988 )
"To Make Things Visible": Art in the Shadow of World War I
- Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (February 3, 2009 - June 7, 2009 )
Performers: Dancers, Actors, and Musicians
- Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (September 6, 2012 - December 23, 2012 )
Collections
- Modern & Contemporary
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