Vassily Kandinsky, born December 4, 1866 in Moscow and died December 13, 1944 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, was a Russian painter, naturalized German then French. Considered one of the most important painters of the 20th century, he is often considered the author of the first work of abstract art of the modern era, although art historians suspect Kandinsky to have predated this watercolour, which seems to them to resemble a sketch of his Composition VII, of 1913. Be that as it may, Kandinsky's fame is linked to his progressive rejection during these few years of any figurative element in his painting. Trained in political economy by the Russian University before devoting himself to painting, Kandinsky wrote two books of reflections on painting, translated and republished several times. He composed the first around 1910, when he was leading the group Le Cavalier bleu, a few years before the exhibition of his first non-figurative works; at the same time he published a collection of texts accompanied by color figurative woodcuts. He wrote, while he was a professor at the Bauhaus, a book on the elementary forms of the graphic arts, published in 1926, corresponding to an evolution of his painting at the same time.
Sonia Delaunay, born Sophie Stern on November 14, 1885 in Gradzihsk in (Ukraine) and died on December 5, 1979 in Paris, is a painter, of Ukrainian origin and naturalized French. Sonia and Robert Delaunay mainly worked together on the search for pure color and color movement. She leaves behind an abundant body of work which also includes printed fabrics, artists' books, haute couture dresses. Robert Delaunay, born April 12, 1885 in Paris in the 16th arrondissement and died October 25, 1941 in Montpellier, is a French painter. With his wife Sonia Delaunay and a few others, he was the founder and main architect of the Orphic movement, a branch of Cubism and an important avant-garde movement of the early 20th century. He works on the arrangement of colors on the canvas. Delaunay is very famous. He is considered in his time as the most influential painter, with Pablo Picasso. His name is also associated with the Eiffel Tower, the construction of which he saw when he was four years old, and which he painted many times in his career, using different methods.
Alexander “Sandy” Calder was an American sculptor and painter, born July 22, 1898 in Lawnton and died November 11, 1976 in New York. Wikipedia Date/Place of Birth: July 22, 1898, Lawnton, Pennsylvania, USA Death Date: November 11, 1976, New York, New York State, USA Periods: Modern Art, Kinetic Art, Surrealism, Puteaux Group Honours: Presidential Medal of Freedom Wife: Louisa James (m. 1931–1976) Children: Mary Calder Rower, Sandra Calder Davidson
Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, known as Le Corbusier, is a Swiss architect, urban planner, decorator, painter, sculptor, naturalized French author, born October 6, 1887 in La Chaux-de-Fonds in Switzerland and died August 27, 1965 in Roquebrune -Cap-Martin in France. Wikipedia Date/Place of Birth: October 6, 1887, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland Death Date: August 27, 1965, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin Influenced Person: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Kenzō Tange, MORE Influences: Peter Behrens, Amédée Ozenfant, Friedrich Fröbel, John Ruskin Wife: Yvonne Gallis-Jeanneret (m. 1930–1957) Place of exhibition: Museum of Modern Art of San Francisco, Art Institute of Chicago, Cooper–Hewitt, Museum of Modern Art
