Kandinsky and Old Russia The Artist As Ethnographer and Shaman

Vasilii Kandinsky, whom many consider to be the father of abstract painting, was also a trained ethnographer with an abiding interest in the folklore of Old Russia. In this provocative book, Peg Weiss provides an entirely new interpretation of Kandinsky's art by examining for the first time how this commitment to his ethnic Russian heritage influenced the painter's work throughout his career.Weiss, Peg is the author of 'Kandinsky and Old Russia The Artist As Ethnographer and Shaman' with ISBN 9780300056471 and ISBN 0300056478.