Wassily Kandinsky
Painting (of the light),
especially, has advanced w
ith almost’ fanta
stic strides during the
last decades, and it has
only recently been freed
from practical meaning
and liberated fr
om the necessity of
responding to the many
purposes it had earlier b
een forced to serv
e. It has attained a level
which imperiously demands
that an exact scientific
examinatio
n be made about the
pictori
al means and purposes of
painting (abou
t the space). Without such
an investigation, further
advance is impossible-eit
her - or the artist or
the general public.
“Painting (of the light), especially,
has advanced with almost
fantastic strides during the
last decades, and it has only
recently been freed from
«practical» meaning and
liberated from the necessity
of responding to the many
purposes it had earlier been
forced to serve. It has attained
a level which imperiously
demands that an exact scientific
examination be made about the
pictorial means and purposes
of painting (about the space).
Without such an investigation,
further advance is impossible
- either or the artist or the
general «public».”
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