Context -

Kandinsky was born in Moscow to a rich family, fascinated by color & color interaction from an early age. Skipped school to paint, then enrolled in proper art school where he again showed a zealousness for color. At his mentor's request, he spent a full year woring solely in black and white to study pure form.

He travelled Europe for a while, painting mostly landscapes like the one displayed below. Despite the straightforward depiction, the colors are still quite bright and the shapes used to construct the image are simple. (1st image)

In the early 1910's, Kandinsky and a friend founded an art group called Blue Rider, focused on the interactions between color, line, and composition. His art evolved to reflect a chaotic boldness of color and form, as well as becoming more improvised and abstract. (2nd image)

Between the 20's and 30's, Kandinsky's work became geometric and he experimented much more with form and color, influenced by the Bauhaus movement. He used more dissonant color combinations and forms that seemed scattered and chaotic, but had a very coherent composition. (3rd image)