Vasily Kandinsky

Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky was a Russian painter and art theorist. He is credited with painting the first purely-abstract works. Born in Moscow, Kandinsky spent his childhood in Odessa. He enrolled at the University of Moscow, studying law and economics. Successful in his profession-he was offered a professorship (chair of Roman Law) at the University of Dorpat-he began painting studies (life-drawing, sketching and anatomy) at the age of 30.