| 31. | Other 20th century European artists include Edvard Munch, Max Beckmann, Jean Dubuffet, Wassily Kandinsky, and Joan Miro.
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| 32. | Lazarev, a member of an old a prolific family, was also related to Wassily Kandinsky and other artists.
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| 33. | After 1937, his paintings began a transition towards abstraction and he studied both Paul Klee and Wassily Kandinsky.
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| 34. | Wassily Kandinsky painted his Composition VIII while he was working at the Bauhaus school of art in Weimar.
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| 35. | Around this time, Wassily Kandinsky " confirmed and encouraged him in his quest for the absolute painting ".
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| 36. | He was the son of Nikita Lazarev, a Moscow architect, and was related by blood to Wassily Kandinsky.
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| 37. | Wassily Kandinsky was an unlikely revolutionary.
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| 38. | Purchased Franton Court, former estate of Baroness Hilla von Rebay where artists like Wassily Kandinsky and Marc Chagall visited.
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| 39. | Notable students of his over the years include Paul Klee, Hans Purrmann, Wassily Kandinsky, Alf Bayrle and Josef Albers.
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| 40. | Abstract expressionism has many stylistic similarities to the Russian artists of the early 20th century such as Wassily Kandinsky.
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