All Saints day II 1911

Wassily Kandinsky made this painting, All Saints Day II, in Munich with oil on canvas. Look at those blues and yellows, tumbling and swirling! There’s something so optimistic about the color choices. I imagine him, brush in hand, dancing across the canvas, not illustrating a scene so much as conjuring a feeling. You know? Like, what does joy *look* like? What's the shape of reverence, or memory? For me, Kandinsky's paintings are less about the specific subject matter and more about the experience of painting itself. He invites us to consider how abstract forms and colors can communicate profound emotional and spiritual truths, especially in his later works. He’s in conversation with so many artists of his time, and also reaching forward—pushing the boundaries of what painting could be. I think that’s what makes his work still so exciting today.