Landscape near Murnau with Locomotive by Vasily Kandinsky (1909)

Vasily Kandinsky b. 1866, Moscow; d. 1944, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France Landscape near Murnau with Locomotive (1909) Oil on board The Guggenheim, NYC In 1908 Vasily Kandinsky began visiting the market village of Murnau am Staffelsee, outside Munich, along with artists in his circle, including Alexei Jawlensky, Gabriele Münter, and Marianne Werefkin. Múnter soon purchased a house there, where she and…