Sky blue, Kandinsky 1940 Postcard

Sky Blue from the mind of Wassily Kandinsky is an oil painting created in Paris towards the end of Kandinsky’s career in 1940 during his Great Synthesis period. Sky Blue essentially is a blue background with figures in the foreground. The figures in the foreground appear to be low level animals such as invertebrates, however the animals are incomplete and not real. The figures in Sky Blue are bright, colourful and the level of detail is truly remarkable. Traditionally these figures would have been considered the focal feature of this painting, however it could and has been argued that the true focal feature of this painting is the background itself. The blue background is unlike other abstracts or other genres.