START WITH ART: Winter Landscape

Welcome/welcome back! We're starting our day by examining "Winter Landscape" pictured below. Take a look at the artwork then read the questions to the students/children in your life and see how starting your day with art can ignite creativity and critical thinking!

Title: Winter Landscape

Artist: Wassily Kandinsky

Date: 1909

Medium: Oil on cardboard

Dimensions: 70 x 97 cm

Start with Art Questions:

• What do you see in Kandinsky's winter landscape painting? Are there specific elements that make you think of winter?

• Kandinsky was known for using bold and vibrant colors. In the winter landscape, how does he use color to represent the season? 

• Use your imagination! Based on the painting, what activities might people be doing in this scene? 

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