Composition IX by Wassily Kandinsky, 1936 vintage map Limmat River

Limmat River

coastal landscape II (1905) by Wassily Kandinsky captures the hush of a North African shoreline in the years just before the artist’s leap into full abstraction

It covers an area that includes several notable towns and cities

linking habitat to latitude

inviting viewers to lose themselves in the masterful balance of color and composition

Composition IX by Wassily Kandinsky, 1936 vintage map Limmat RiverWassily Kandinskys Composition IX (1936) is a landmark of mature abstraction, a painting in which color, line, and form orchestrate a vivid sense of rhythm rather than describing a literal scene. Created during the interwar years, the work reflects a moment when artists sought new visual languages capable of expressing inner feeling and modern experience. In luminous reds, blues, and yellows balanced by muted neutrals, Kandinsky interweaves geometric