Wassily Kandinsky’s creative journey from figurative realism to abstract painting

 

[image error]Shortly after the Bauhaus moved to Dessau, Wassily Kandinsky wrote a letter

to Lily Klee. This was in the period when Lily preferred to remain in the pleasant

apartment in Weimar rather than move to temporary digs near the school’s

new location.

Lily had given Kandinsky some polenta. Addressing her with a Russianized

version of her name, he wrote,

Dear Elisaveta Ludwigovna,

For years I have wanted to eat polenta — so you will easily understand what pleasure you have given me. My

heartfelt thanks. For me polenta is a synaesthetic delight, for in some strange way, it stimulates three senses perfectly

harmoniously: first the eye perceives that wonderful yellow, then the nose savors an aroma that definitely includes the

yellow within itself, at last the palate relishes a flavor which unites the color and the aroma. Then there are further

“associations” — for the fingers (mental fingers) polenta has a deep softness (there are also things which have a shallow

softness!) and finally for the ear — the middle range of the flute. A gentle sound, subdued but energetic …

 And the polenta which you served me had pink tones in its yellow color … definitely flute!

 Kind regards to you, dear Pavel Ivanovitch, and dear Felix Pavlovitch, with best wishes for you all,

 Yours,

 Kandinsky

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