Impression III (Concert)
1911 · Oil on canvas · Lenbachhaus, Munich
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About this work
- Artist
- Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944)
- Year
- 1911
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 78.4 × 100.6 cm
- Collection
- Lenbachhaus, Munich
- Movement
- Abstract art
A wide field of yellow floods the canvas; at upper right a large black shape tilts into it, and along the left side a crowd of quick strokes in white, blue, red and black suggests rows of listeners. The black form is usually read as a grand piano and the yellow as the sound filling the hall. Kandinsky painted it in January 1911, days after he, Franz Marc and friends heard a concert in Munich of music by Arnold Schoenberg, including works in which the composer had abandoned traditional harmony. Kandinsky wrote to Schoenberg soon afterwards, beginning a long friendship. The picture belongs to his series of Impressions, which he described as pictures that still drew directly on outward nature, here the experience of a performance. It was in Gabriele Münter's collection and came to the Lenbachhaus in Munich with her gift of 1957.
This full-bleed edition prints the work edge to edge from a high-resolution scan of the original, very slightly cropped (a few percent at most) to fit the sheet. The gallery edition shows the whole work, uncropped. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
A blaze of yellow with a black piano shape and quick strokes of red, blue and white, for a music room, living room or kitchen at 24×18 in black. A white or pale yellow wall; it pairs with Improvisation 19.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Abstract art painting
- Era
- 20th century (1911)
- Orientation
- Landscape
- Mood
- classic
- Rooms
- living room, kitchen, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 24×18. Prints at 16×12, 24×18 in — 16×12 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 24×18 above a console or sideboard.
Framing. Printed edge to edge: a slim black or natural wood frame right to the image, or let the canvas wrap do the framing.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
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About this design
The Madten promise
An exhibition poster
The same artwork as a gallery exhibition poster — title, artist & date typeset beneath the image on a soft ground.
A fine-art print
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.
