Having dealt with symbolism and Fauvism, in 1908-1909 Kandinsky begins to free himself from the influences of any artistic trends and gropes his own way. For him, this process primarily means the release of color, form and line from objectivity. People, houses and landscapes in his paintings are becoming less recognizable, more and more abstract.
“The first abstract watercolor,” written in 1910 in this sense – absolutely significant work. In the same year of 1910 he wrote a treatise “On the spiritual in art,” in which, with the thoroughness of the scientist and the poetry of the artist, he is building the philosophical foundation of his own art. In this watercolor, the implicit perspective and the absence of the horizon on one side flatten and distort the perceived, on the other – unite and organize.
Among the harmony of the subtlest color transitions, we can still guess the outlines of stones, plants and birds. To decipher these symbols or to perceive the work purely and pointlessly? The answer to this question will be found only in the eyes of the beholder.
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