ABRIKOSOV CHOCOLATE 1901

'ABRIKOSOV CHOCOLATE' by Wassily Kandinsky is an advertisement of sorts. It is rendered in bold oranges, blues, and creams, with a medieval knight announcing on horseback. I can only imagine Kandinsky at work, layering on the colours, each choice a step further into uncharted territory. I wonder if he was thinking of Toulouse Lautrec when making this image. Or, maybe he saw something in his own work that sparked a new direction. Look at how he used colour to create depth and movement. The orange cloak against the off-white horse gives a sense of drama. His textures feel almost touchable. This approach of working with abstraction to express emotion reminds us that painting is always a dance between intention and accident. Painters are always in conversation with each other, across time and space, borrowing and building upon ideas.