I don't say 'Tis impossible for an impudent man not to rise in the world, but a moderate merit with a large share of impudence is more probable to be advanced than the greatest qualifications without it.
Bio: Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky was a Russian painter and art theorist. He is credited with painting one of the first purely abstract works. Born in Moscow, Kandinsky spent his childhood in Odessa, where he graduated at Grekov Odessa Art school.
Known for:
Composition VII (1913)
Composition VIII (1923)
Yellow-Red-Blue (1925)
Color Study: Squares with Concentric Circles (1913)