Timeline

1866

Born: Moscow, Russia on December 16

1886 - 1892

University of Moscow, Moscow, Russia

1897 - 1899

Studied under the private instruction of Anton Azbe

1900

Entered Kunstakademie (The Munich Academy of Arts) and studied under Franz Stuck

Participated in the exhibition of the Moscow Partnership of Artists

1901

Founded Phalanx, an art group

1909

Founded the New Group of Artists (Neue Kunstlervereinigung), and became the President

1910 - 1912

Participated in the exhibition of “Jack of Diamonds” art group

1911

Kandinsky and Frantsem Mark established the group Blue Rider (Blaue Reiter)

1912

Published Concerning the Spiritual in Art, the first theoretical foundation of abstractionism

1922

Joined the Bauhaus school of art and architecture by invitation of founder Walter Gropius and teaches there until its close by the Nazis in 1933

1944

Died at Neuilly-sur-Seine, France