Abstract art has its roots in early human civilisation ... recognisable elements are reduced to geometric shapes and dispersed across the surface of the canvas. Critic Louis Vauxcelles called ...

“At first glance the irregular shapes and geometric patterns of abstract art could appear difficult ... Wild, almost crazy lines were sketched in front of me.” Kandinsky lived with ...

His use of lines and dots orient the viewer amid splashes of colors and shapes, evoking a kind of organized ... added that he had set out to look for an abstract artist to feature in the “Of Art and ...