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Events on Sunday 16 December 1866 1
1866 – 1944Wassily KandinskyAbstract Art · RussiaWassily Kandinsky (December 16, 1866 – December 13, 1944) was a Russian painter widely credited with creating the first purely abstract works. He believed colour and form could express spiritual and emotional states independent of subject matter.