Murnau - View from the window of the Griesbräu
1908 Lenbachhaus
About this artwork
This oil painting depicts a vibrant street scene in Murnau, Germany, viewed from an elevated position. The composition features brightly colored buildings with characteristic gabled roofs and windows, lining a winding street that recedes into a green landscape with distant structures.
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Kandinsky's "Murnau" paintings from this period mark a crucial step in his journey towards abstraction, as he began to free color and form from their descriptive functions. This work, created during his time spent in the Bavarian Alps with fellow artists like Gabriele Münter, exemplifies the intense colors and simplified forms that characterized the Munich-based Expressionist group, the Blue Rider, which Kandinsky later co-founded. The "Griesbräu" refers to a local brewery inn in Murnau, indicating the specific vantage point of this vibrant townscape.
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Murnau - View from the window of the Griesbräu
Wassily Kandinsky, 1908
