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Improvisation no 27 (Le Jardin d'amour II)

Vasily Kandinsky French, born Russia
1912
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 908
Vasily Kandinsky, né en Russie, entreprend sa carrière artistique à Munich en 1896. En 1911, il propose déjà un langage artistique novateur, élaboré à partir d’une réflexion sur la spiritualité, la métaphysique et la théosophie. Par ses compositions pleines de couleurs vives et d’éléments linéaires aux formes floues et désincarnées propres à l’abstraction non figurative, il veut provoquer chez le spectateur une réaction émotive. Cette toile fait partie d’un ensemble de trente-six œuvres intitulé Improvisations, dont l’iconographie voilée est souvent d’origine biblique. Ici, Kandinsky a exploré l’épisode du jardin d’Éden. Agencée autour d’un grand soleil jaune, la scène idyllique est semée de formes noires menaçantes qui semblent augurer le bannissement d’Adam et Ève du paradis et le désastre imminent de la Première Guerre mondiale.

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Object Information
  • Titre: Improvisation no 27 (Le Jardin d'amour II)
  • Artiste: Vasily Kandinsky, Français, né en Russie, 1866–1944
  • Date: 1912
  • Technique: Huile sur toile
  • Dimensions: 120,3 x 140,3 cm
  • Crédits: Collection Alfred Stieglitz, 1949
  • Accession Number: 49.70.1
  • Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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