Improvisation Gorge

Wassily Kandinsky

1914 · Oil on canvas · Lenbachhaus, Munich

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Improvisation Gorge

Improvisation 19

Improvisation No. 30 (Cannons)

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About this work

Artist: Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944)
Year: 1914
Medium: Oil on canvas
Original size: 110 × 110 cm
Collection: Lenbachhaus, Munich
Movement: Abstract art

Bright fragments in yellow, turquoise, red and violet spin out from the centre of a square canvas, with ladders, striped bands, fringed arcs and a white cascade at the lower right. Among them, half hidden, are a small couple in Bavarian dress, a boat and a landing stage, traces of an outing to a mountain gorge. Kandinsky painted it in the summer of 1914 after an excursion with Gabriele Münter to the Höllental gorge in the Bavarian Alps, and it is among the last pictures he made in Munich before the outbreak of the First World War forced him to leave Germany. The line between landscape and abstraction is very thin here: the motifs are present but scattered and turned, swallowed by colour. The painting stayed with Münter and came to the Lenbachhaus in Munich with her gift of 1957.

This exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.

Where it works

A whirl of yellow, turquoise, red and violet with ladders and a white cascade, for a living room, playroom or entrance hall at 24×36 in natural wood. A white or warm cream wall; it pairs with Improvisation 30 (Cannons).

Style, size & framing detail

Style: Exhibition poster of a Abstract art painting
Era: 20th century (1914)
Orientation: Portrait
Palette: cream & beige
Mood: classic
Rooms: living room, dining room, dorm room, hallway or entryway
Good gift for: housewarming, art lovers

Size. We'd hang this one at 24×36. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.

Framing. Exhibition posters sit best in a slim black frame with no mat — the typeset margin is the mat.

Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).

Details & materials

• Exhibition poster — original, drawn in-house • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in; every size also available framed • Framed option: wood frame in black or natural wood, 12 mm wide and 22 mm deep, with a plexiglass front and no mat; the print is mounted inside and the frame's outside measures the listed size • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

Shipping & returns

Printed after you order at the facility nearest you, then shipped. Standard delivery is free and takes 4–9 business days from order to door in the US, UK and EU (up to 10 elsewhere); Express takes 4–6 business days. Because each print is made to order we don't take change-of-mind returns, but if it arrives damaged or flawed we'll reprint or refund it — no return needed. Full policy →

Is this the whole painting, or a crop?

The whole work, uncropped. The exhibition-poster edition sets the complete image above typography designed in-house.

Is Improvisation Gorge in the public domain?

Yes. Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944) died more than 70 years ago and the work was published before 1929, so the painting itself is public domain. This print is a reproduction made from a high-resolution scan of the original, which is held by Lenbachhaus.

What is it printed on?

Heavyweight matte fine-art paper with pigment inks, made to order in 12×18, 16×24 and 24×36 inches; every size is also offered framed in black or natural wood, with plexiglass and no mat. Colours are matched to the scan, not brightened.

When was Improvisation Gorge painted, and in what medium?

Improvisation Gorge dates from 1914 and was made in oil on canvas; the original measures 110 × 110 cm.

What size works above a sofa or bed?

Across a three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 24×36 is the size that reads as one statement piece; 16×24 suits a narrower wall or a pair. For Improvisation Gorge we'd choose 24×36.

About this design

A museum-exhibition poster of Wassily Kandinsky's Improvisation Gorge — a teeming, colourful scene of figures, a boat and a ladder in a mountain gorge, dissolving into abstraction — shown whole and uncropped beneath gallery typography. Kandinsky: Colour and Abstraction, styled as a blockbuster exhibition print. A gallery-style exhibition poster: a celebrated public-domain artwork shown whole and uncropped beneath original exhibition typography set in-house — printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper. Every size is offered unframed or framed in black or natural wood. Part of the Madten Exhibition Posters Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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