Riding Couple
1906–07 · Oil on canvas · Lenbachhaus, Munich
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About this work
- Artist
- Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944)
- Year
- 1906–07
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 55 × 50.5 cm
- Collection
- Lenbachhaus, Munich
- Movement
- Symbolism
A man and a woman in old Russian dress ride a dappled grey horse along a riverbank at dusk, under birch trees whose leaves are dabs of gold; behind them, across dark blue water, the white walls and domes of a Russian town shine in a band of light. The whole picture is built from small spots of colour on a dark ground, closer to mosaic or embroidery than to painted space. Kandinsky made it in 1906–07 while living in Sèvres, outside Paris, one of a group of nostalgic scenes drawn from Russian legend and folk art that he painted in his early years abroad. Its dark ground and jewel-like colour come from his work in tempera and his interest in Symbolism, before the Murnau summers changed his painting. The picture was in Gabriele Münter's collection and came to the Lenbachhaus in Munich with her gift of 1957.
This print reproduces the whole work, uncropped, from a high-resolution scan of the original. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
A couple on a grey horse under gold-speckled birches with a white-domed town across dark blue water, for a bedroom, child's room or reading nook at 16×24 in natural wood. A deep blue, teal or cream wall; it pairs with Painting with Troika.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Symbolism painting
- Era
- 20th century (1906–07)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Mood
- classic
- Rooms
- bedroom, kids room, living room, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 16×24. Prints at 12×18, 16×24 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway.
Framing. The gallery ground is part of the print, so frame it without a mat — black suits the deep tones of this period; natural wood lightens it.
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.
