Pioneer of abstract art, Vassily Kandinsky (1866 - 1944), is not only Russian: he is, above all, an international artist who lived for several years in Paris, traveled in Europe, and made himself known through his essay theoretical The spiritual in art (1911). This prominent artist, a member of the Bauhaus and creator of the Blaue Reiter, marks a decisive turning point in the birth of abstraction. He is at the origin of a new language that expresses his "inner nature" and calls for musicality. This pioneer of abstract art is also the author of figurative work, less known but rediscovered since the 1960s.