Wassily Kandinsky Chair
What happened is that kandinsky who was at bauhaus at the same time admired the ready design and breuer made a.
Wassily kandinsky chair. Despite popular belief the chair was not designed for the non objective painter wassily kandinsky who was on the bauhaus faculty at the same time. Inspired by the frame of a bicycle and influenced by the constructivist theories of the de stjil movement marcel breuer was still an apprentice at the bauhaus when he reduced the classic club chair to its elemental lines and planes forever changing the course of furniture design. Made in bonded leather. Despite popular belief the chair was not designed specifically for the non objective painter wassily kandinsky who was on the bauhaus faculty at the same time.
Two sizes are available. There s a popular belief that the chair itself was designed for wassily kandinsky a non objective painter who was also a faculty in bauhaus at that time but this belief is wrong. Wassily kandinsky was a leader in the bauhaus school and one of his 1911 woodcut prints is on display at the german center loaned by the cedar rapids art museum. Wassily wassilyevich kandinsky k æ n ˈ d ɪ n s k i.
васи лий васи льевич канди нский vasiliy vasil yevich kandinskiy diucapkan vaˈsʲilʲɪj kɐnˈdʲinskʲɪj. We can also customize any size upon requests with additional cost. His style quickly developed towards brutalism which seems hard to believe when you look at the light chairs below. The wassily b3 despite the common belief breuer did not design this chair specifically for wassily kandinsky.
In 1896 kandinsky settled in munich studying first at anton ažbe s private school and then at the academy of fine arts. Wassily chair item share this marcel breuer 1925. Repair replacement straps and cushion for wassily kandinsky chair. The wassily chair also known as the model b3 chair was designed by marcel breuer in 1925 1926 while he was the head of the cabinet making workshop at the bauhaus in dessau germany.
It is true that kandinsky admired the completed design so breuer fabricated a duplicate one for the former s personal quarters. One is the size for knock off version the other is the size for original version. During his life kandinsky was associated with the art movements of der blaue reiter expressionism and abstract painting. Please refer to the dimension drawings for the full details about the size.
The wassily chair also known as the model b3 chair was designed by marcel breuer in 1925 1926 while he was the head of the cabinet making workshop at the bauhaus in dessau germany.