Wassily Kandinsky

This exhibition focuses on the first half of the career of the great Russian artist Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944), one of the most important figures in the development of abstract art.

The exhibition charts his path towards abstraction in the period from 1902 to 1922, and looks at the consequences of these new discoveries during the turbulent years of the First World War and the Russian Revolution.

Featuring many of his best-known paintings and a number of works which have never been seen in this country, the exhibition will comprise around fifty-five paintings and twenty-five works on paper.

The exhibition will take place between 22 June - 1 October 2006.