Smart Secrets of Great Paintings Season 1 Episode 10 Colorful Life (1907) by Wassily Kandinsky 2015
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The roots of "Colourful Life" (1907), just like those of Vassily Kandinsky himself, were firmly anchored in age-old Russian soil. And yet the painting contains all the elements that were to accompany the painter in the greatest revolution in the history of art: the leap into abstraction. This documentary examines Kandinsky's rejection of Western thought and efforts to preserve Russian culture during modernization. He contracted typhus during a trip to study peasant life; his feverish hallucinations inspired the work that evokes a forgotten golden age sought after by Russian Symbolist painters and poets. Finally, viewers learn about the philosophies on color and light that led him to compose his famous Yellow-Red-Blue.
- Released: 2016-01-03
- Runtime: 26 minutes
- Genre: Documentary
- Stars: Clémentine Célarié
- Director: Yves Nilly, Clément Cogitore, Jivko Darakchiev, Carlos Franklin
