| Timeline |
| 1866 |
Born 4 December in Moscow |
| 1886 |
Enrols at the University of Moscow, studies law and economics |
| 1895 |
Exhibition of French impressionist paintings in Moscow, Kandinsky decides to study art |
| 1896 |
Goes to Munich; studies under Anton Azbé |
| 1900 |
Studies under Franz von Stuck |
| 1901 |
Teaches at the art school of the Phalanx |
| 1902 |
Exhibits with the Berlin Secession |
| 1903 |
Travels in Italy, the Netherlands, and North Africa |
| 1904 |
Exhibits at the Salon d’Automne in Paris |
| 1909 |
Helps found the Neue Künstlervereinigung München (New Artists' Association in Munich) |
| 1911 |
Blaue Reiter group’s first exhibition |
| 1912 |
Concerning the Spiritual in Art published |
| 1913 |
One of Kandinsky's works is included in the Armory Show in New York |
| 1914 |
Returns to Russia, holds a position at the People’s Commissariat of Education
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| 1921 |
Settles again in Germany |
| 1922 |
Begins teaching at the Bauhaus school |
| 1923 |
First solo show in New York by the Société Anonyme |
| 1928 |
Becomes a German citizen |
| 1933 |
Bauhaus school closed by the Nazi regime, Kandinsky moves to a Parisian suburb |
| 1933 |
Settles near Paris, in Neuilly |
| 1937 |
Fifty-seven of his works are confiscated by the Nazis in the purge of "degenerate art" |
| 1939 |
Acquires French citizenship |
| 1944 |
Dies 13 December in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France |
