Moreover, in these years just before World War I, Kandinsky was certainly not alone in his attack on figurative art. By 1909 the Cubists have been turning out intellectualized and fragmented visions of actuality that baffled the ordinary viewer. Between 1910 and 1914 the record of pioneer summary artists included many fantastic painters. A strict examination of works and dates can show, therefore, that Kandinsky doesn’t quite deserve to be referred to as, as he often is, the “founder” of nonfigurative painting; at least he cannot be referred to as the only founder. The strategy of drawing is often a…
