Squares with Concentric Circles

Color, according to Kandinsky, elicits both a bodily and emotional response. This reaction is determined by how color is employed in relation to shape in a painting. Furthermore, he claimed that an artist might produce a complete composition in which deeds, secret thoughts, and sentiments may be depicted in a spiritual color atmosphere. In several of his paintings, Kandinsky investigated the emotive and expressionistic elements of color.

Squares with Concentric Circles is his most renowned color study and possibly his most known work. It generates color combinations by arranging concentric circular patterns in an all-over grid structure. It is also known as Farbstudie Quadrate, and it is a systematic research of the perceptual effects of color interactions and the emotional effect that contrasting hues cause.

This abstract painting was completed in 1913 and was created on paper with paints, gouache, and crayon. Because of the simplified form of squares and circles, it is a good medium for teaching children about these geometric forms. This work is about more than simply the arrangement of shapes; it is also a demonstration of the artist's unique synesthesia talents in his work, giving the reader a glimpse into the life of a person with synesthesia.

Year: 1913

Style: Abstract

Location: Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany