Wassily Kandinsky loved music and could play the cello and the piano. His paintings were even inspired by music. He literally saw colours when he heard music and heard music when he painted.

Just ask the Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky ... I think I'll try and hitch a ride. Argh! For years, Kandinsky had been painting horses, and castles, fields, and mountains, and boats.

The German artist Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944) is considered to be the first entirely abstract artist. Prior to World War II, Kandinsky was part of the Expressionist group Der Blaue Reiter and later ...