Composition VIII

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Suprematism was a Russian art trend that concentrated on depicting fundamental geometric patterns in a limited color palette. Constructivism was an art movement characterized by the use of non-existent things in artworks.


This artwork is a combination of elements from Suprematism, Constructivism, and the Bauhaus school, and it exemplifies Kandinsky's command of contemporary art.


Composition VIII contains a variety of geometric forms that interplay with linear elements. It is the polar opposite of the previous artwork in the series, Composition VII, with its rational geometric organization. Composition VIII is a considerably more controlled artwork than Composition VII, which is an explosion of color and emotion. The painting's multicolored rings may have been inspired by the six solar eclipses that occurred between 1921 and 1923.


Composition VIII is Kandinsky's most famous work in Geometric Abstraction and the pinnacle of his postwar success.


Year: 1923

Style: Geometric Abstraction

Location: The Guggenheim, New York, United States

Wassily Kandinsky
Wassily Kandinsky
Bauhaus Movement

Top 7 Most Famous Paintings by Wassily Kandinsky

  1. top 1 Blue Rider
  2. top 2 Composition VII
  3. top 3 Composition VIII
  4. top 4 Squares with Concentric Circles
  5. top 5 First Abstract Watercolor
  6. top 6 Yellow-Red-Blue
  7. top 7 Several Circles

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