Railway near Murnau by Wassily Kandinsky, 1909 atlantic Mint Museum

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Railway near Murnau by Wassily Kandinsky, 1909 atlantic Mint MuseumRailway near Murnau (1909) by Wassily Kandinsky captures a pivotal moment in the artists development during his years in southern Germany. Painted on the cusp of his move from representational landscape to bold, emotive abstraction, the work fuses a pastoral Bavarian view with the stark geometry of a passing train. Rather than recording the scene naturalistically, Kandinsky heightens rhythm and mood, distilling countryside and rail line into vibrating