NameWassily KandinskyLife Dates1866-1944CountryRussiaMovementExpressionism Wassily Kandinsky BiographyWassily Kandinsky was born in Moscow into a merchant family. In 1871 the family moved to Odessa, where his parents soon divorced. The boy was looked after by his aunt. In Odessa Kandinsky studied in a classical gymnasium and had private lessons in music, drawing and painting. In 1886 he returned t