Entwurf zu Komposition VII by Wassily Kandinsky, 1913 Size:20x28in (50x70cm) Andes mountain range prominently depicted

Andes mountain range prominently depicted and labeled

The composition is cleverly framed by palms and pine branches—an inviting vignette that draws the eye from foreground oranges to the tennis court and then out across the sparkling bay

this Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty boasts rolling hills

and the world’s edges brim with motion—aircraft aloft

an engraver whose influence spanned through Audubon's ambitious project

Entwurf zu Komposition VII by Wassily Kandinsky, 1913 Size:20x28in (50x70cm) Andes mountain range prominently depictedWassily Kandinskys Entwurf zu Komposition VII (1913) is a spirited preparatory design for one of the landmark achievements of early abstract art. Created on the eve of the First World War, this study captures Kandinskys decisive move away from recognizable subject matter toward a wholly non objective language of color, line, and rhythmic form. In place of a literal scene, the artist orchestrates a visual equivalent of musicsweeping gestures,