VASILI KANDINSKY (Moscow, 1866 – Neuilly-sur-Seine, 1944) - Village (1909)

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  Oil on cardboard. Dimensions: 30.5 x 47.5 cm. Signed “Kandinsky” in the lower left corner. We thank Jean Chauvelin for his assistance in attributing the work. A certificate issued by the aforementioned specialist is included. This work was executed in 1909, during Murnau's pivotal period, a time when Kandinsky radicalized his use of color, simplified forms, and moved toward the expressive autonomy of painting. The composition presents a landscape structured in broad chromatic planes: a winding road in the foreground leads the eye to a cluster of houses at the foot of an intense blue mountain, beneath a vibrant sky in shades of pink and orange. The verticality of the trees balances the scene and reinforces the internal rhythm of the composition. The treatment of color is direct, saturated, and emotional. It does not seek to describe, but rather to convey. The contrasts between acidic greens, deep blues, and luminous yellows create the characteristic plastic tension of Murnau's landscapes. The forms are simplified to the point of near abstraction, yet they still retain a recognizable reference to the Bavarian environment that so greatly influenced the artist during these years. The work has been the subject of an exhaustive scientific study conducted by Laurette Thomas and Ilenia Cassan (Paris, April 2, 2007), including multispectral infrared reflectography and physicochemical analyses using SEM and XRF. The reflectography confirms the presence of an underdrawing beneath the charcoal and demonstrates that the signature, perfectly integrated into the paint layer, is contemporary with the execution of the work. The pigment analyses identify lead white, zinc white, barytine, Prussian blue, manganese violet, cinnabar, chromium oxide green, chromium yellow, anglesite, and calcium and magnesium carbonates with silica. These are heavy, stable pigments with a high refractive index, frequently used by Kandinsky in 1909. The report concludes that the palette, cardboard ...
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