Vassily Kandinsky: A True Folk Artist

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This paper describes the folk artist that is Vassily Kandinsky; his background, what defines a folk artist, and how Kandinsky progressed from the general art of the 1900s in to a force that changed the way modern art is viewed. Examples of his art are enclosed.

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"The folk artist of the twentieth-century has been widely viewed as an artist that is not universally popular, accessible, or substantial to the progression of popular art. By the World Artist Dictionary, folk art can be defined as simply na've, primitive art that is done by someone who has had no artistic institutionalized training. Generally speaking, folk art is commonly thought of as figurine work, quilted blankets, beads and jewelry art; generally items that are thought of as simple traditional pieces that do not require specialized training. Russian born painter Vasily Kandinsky is an artist who transforms the notion of folk art to something that can be popular and significant. He represents the truest folk artist by his experiences as an ethnographer who traveled to the Vologda region near Siberia, his background in the Ukrainian and Russian churches, and by his drive to illustrate traditional Russian lore and values while incorporating them in to the twentieth-century art movement."

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