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Exceptional Artists: Wassily Kandinsky
Wednesday, December 23
4:00pm - 5:00pm
Washington Park Branch
Washington Park - Children's AreaCome learn about Franco Russian artist Wassily Kandinsky and create an artwork inspired by his work. Recommended for kids 6-12.
Find out more about exceptional artists and their work, this month is about Wassily Kandinsky.
Kandinsky is generally credited as one of the pioneers of abstraction in Western art. Born in Moscow, he began to paint when he was 30.
His writing in The Blue Rider Almanac and the treatise "On the Spiritual in Art" (which was released in 1910) were both a defense and promotion of abstract art, and an affirmation that all forms of art were equally capable of reaching a level of spirituality. Kandinsky believed that color could be used in a painting as something autonomous, separate from the visual description of an object or other form.
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Washington Park Branch serves the Carver Shores and Metrowest areas, along with the many other subdivisions and local businesses surrounding it. The Washington Park branch has a history that dates back to 1924. It is a combination of the former Booker T. Washington and Washington Shores Libraries. The two branches combined as one and opened in this current location on April 11, 1984. Although small, the glass walls on the front and back of the building create a bright, airy and comfortable atmosphere.