Painting with a green center Vasily Kandinsky (1866-1944)
Vasily Kandinsky – Painting with a green center
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The painting was painted in oil on canvas in 1913. The work with the green center by Wassily Kandinsky has a traditional compositional structure. The artist builds the composition depicted from the center. It is in this way painted image of many works of the master. In the presented work, the central place is taken by a figure of green. The figure is not indefinite form, not closed. The picture is painted in the spirit of symbolism.
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The painting was painted in oil on canvas in 1913. The work with the green center by Wassily Kandinsky has a traditional compositional structure. The artist builds the composition depicted from the center. It is in this way painted image of many works of the master. In the presented work, the central place is taken by a figure of green. The figure is not indefinite form, not closed.
The picture is painted in the spirit of symbolism. Each color used by the artist, as a particular symbol that evokes in the viewer certain feelings. For example: a cold blue color symbolizes coolness and evokes associations with the sea, ice, moonlight or lit darkness; the green color has many shades, thanks to which gets a special depth in the work, symbolizes calmness, plays the role of a neutralizer between yellow and blue shades; red is associated with fire and blood, symbolizes the internal movement; the abundance of yellow in the picture, gives the artist’s work dynamic and symbolizes an irresistible desire for something.
The combination of color composition is very important in the picture. The content of the painting complements the contrasting colors: red and green, blue and yellow, black and white. The play of colors is brilliantly and very harmoniously done by the artist. Each shade has its own expression in an intricate form. The combination of form and color, gives the viewer the illusion of vibrating iridescence, which when viewed even physically.
Masterful construction of the elements of the image, perfectly matched color combination, makes the work a masterpiece. Looking at the painting with the green center, we can conclude that its author is a genius, because none of the followers was able to write a similar masterpiece.
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Dominating the center is a large, angular shape of deep green, almost a gemstone, that lends the painting its title. Within this green structure, and emerging from it, are lighter, warmer tones of yellow-brown, suggesting a sense of depth and perhaps organic forms.
Surrounding this central motif are dynamic splashes and planes of color: a sharp, intense blue fragment, a rich, layered red form extending from the lower right, arcs of white and gray, and delicate, almost feathery yellow lines that seem to emanate from the left side. Thin, spidery black lines crisscross the canvas, adding a sense of energy and tension. In the upper right, a smaller, more geometric area of yellow holds a cluster of red, blue, and white, resembling a chaotic miniature cityscape or a complex machine.
The overall impression is one of controlled chaos, a spiritual and emotional landscape rendered through pure color and form. Kandinsky believed that colors and shapes could evoke specific psychological and spiritual responses in the viewer, akin to music.
The subtext of Painting with a green center lies in Kandinskys exploration of the spiritual in art. The title itself highlights the central green form, a color often associated with nature, life, and equilibrium, but here also with a certain intensity. The interplay of hard, geometric elements with softer, more fluid forms might represent a dialogue between the material and the spiritual, the ordered and the chaotic. The dynamic composition and bold color choices aim to bypass intellectual interpretation and directly stimulate the viewers emotions and inner spiritual world, inviting a subjective and intuitive response. The painting can be seen as an attempt to translate the inner sounds and feelings of the artist into a visual language, where each color and line possesses a unique sonic and emotional quality.