Graceful Ascent by Wassily Kandinsky Bauhaus Painted ceiling patterns

Painted ceiling patterns

elegant composition

developed for the Grand Larousse encyclopaedia

with every human figure replaced by a cat

The Florida Jay is depicted mid-perch against a spare

Graceful Ascent by Wassily Kandinsky Bauhaus Painted ceiling patternsForms rise through the picture plane in an upward current of color and geometry Kandinsky composes Graceful Ascent as a visual score, each shape a note, each color relationship an interval. Angular lines intersect with softened arcs, while the palette moves from grounded earth tones toward lighter, more ethereal hues at the top of the composition. The effect is one of genuine upward movement, achieved without any literal depiction. It is abstract