Kandinsky, Vrubel', Jawlensky e gli artisti russi a Genova e nelle Riviere. Passaggio in Liguria

Wassily Kandinsky (Moscow, 1866 - Neuilly-sur-Seine, 1944),a Russian artist who lived many years in Germany, is considered to be the father of abstract art. His painting, characterized by a marked chromatic research, became a non-figurative one at the beginning of 1920. Kandinsky's orientation towards abstrac art, shown in various expressive means, was characterized by a constant and original spiritual lyrism.

Michail Vrubel (Omsk, 1856 - Pietroburgo 1911), a Russian academic painter, was inspired by contemporary French art and classic Italian painting beyond Russian tradition. His production is the best Russian example of the passage from Realism to Symbolism.

Alexej von Jawlensky (Torjok, 1864 - Wiesbaden, 1941) enriched his academic culture, initially in Russia, then in Munich where he settled in 1896. A friend of Kandinsky, he took part to the Blaue Reiter, and then joined the Die Blaue Vier: simple geometric forms and bright colours were the main features of his art that acquired an intense mystic aspect especially in the second half of his career.