Yellow-Red-Blue
The artist
Wassily Kandinsky, a Russian painter who helped invent abstract art full of color and movement.
What you see
A big picture split into a sunny yellow side and a calm blue side, filled with shapes, grids, and curves.
The story
Kandinsky painted it in 1925 at the Bauhaus school to show how three main colors can play against each other.
The style
The bright yellow squares feel warm and busy, while the deep blue circle on the right feels cool and quiet.
Look closer
A wavy black line and small checkerboard grid tie the two halves together, guiding your eyes across the canvas.
Where to see it
This painting lives at the Pompidou Center, a modern art museum in Paris, France.
Fun fact
Kandinsky thought yellow sounded like a loud trumpet and blue sounded like a deep, gentle instrument.