Kandinsky and O'Keeffe: Pioneers of Abstraction

Improvisation 28 (second version), 1912

With this painting Kandinsky appears to have been attempting to represent cosmic turmoil, with apocalyptic events
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum / Artist Rights Society / ADAGP

Improvisation 28 (second version), 1912
With this painting Kandinsky appears to have been attempting to represent cosmic turmoil, with apocalyptic events suggested on the left and signs of redemption on the right, where what looks to be a church on a hilltop is visible in the upper right-hand corner.

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