Unanimously Blue

  Wassily Kandinsky was a Russian painter and art theorist. Kandinsky is generally credited as the pioneer of abstract art. Born in Moscow, Kandinsky spent his childhood in Odessa (today Ukraine), where he graduated at Grekov Odessa Art School. He enrolled a professorship (chair of Roman Law) at the University of Moscow, studying law and economics. Successful in his profession - he was offered a professorship (chair of Roman Law) at the University of Dorpat (today Tartu, Estonia) - Kandinsky began painting studies (life-drawing, sketching and anatomy) at the age of 30.    In 1896, Kandinsky settled in Munich, studying first at Anton Ažbe's private school and then at the Academy of Fine Arts. He returned to Moscow in 1914, after the outbreak of World War I. Following the Russian Revolution, Kandinsky "became an insider in the cultural administration of Antoly Lunacharsky" and helped establish the Museum of the Culture of Painting. However, by then "his spiritual outlo

  Carmen Herrera is a Cuban-American abstract, minimalist visual artist and painter. She was born in Havana and has lived in New York City since the mid0195s. Herrera's abstract works have brought her international recognition late in life. Style and Progression The key to understanding Carmen Herrera's style is remembering that, before she left Cuba, she was trained as an architect. According to Herrera, her optical and minimalist approach to form illustrates her "quest... for the simplest of pictorial resolutions." "This foundation can be seen in her urge to use measurements and tools to create orderly art in a chaotic world. In an article for the New York Times, critic Ted Loos succinctly captures the essence of Carmen Herrera's work, as characterized by "signature bold simplicity: sharply delineated blocks of color often energized by a strong diagonal line. " In her own words, Herrera thinks about "the line, the paper, about a lot of tiny t