Wassily Kandinsky: Pioneer of Abstraction Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky, born December 4th (Old Style) 1866 in Moscow, Russia, and passing away on December 13th, 1944, in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, stands as a monumental figure in the history of art. Often hailed as one of the earliest pioneers of pure abstraction, Kandinsky’s journey from a classically trained artist to a revolutionary innovator profoundly shaped the course of moder…