Wassily Kandinsky
Murnau – Castle and Church
From $80
This painting is bright blues, reds and whites swirling together, and a muddy copy turns them grey. Our Kandinsky Improvisation No. 30 print was graded against the Art Institute of Chicago’s photograph, so the colours stay bright and the lines stay crisp.
Canvas, framed or paper
Stretched canvas. Printed on cotton canvas and stretched taut over a frame. The edges are mirror-wrapped, so the picture continues around the sides and none of it is lost to the fold.
Framed canvas. The same canvas, set in a black, white, natural wood or dark wood frame 0.83 in deep. The frame gives the work a finished edge and a little more presence on the wall.
Framed print. Printed on fine art matte paper and framed in solid pine, behind shatterproof plexiglass, in black, white, natural wood or dark wood. It arrives ready to hang. Framed sizes are measured on the outside of the frame.
Fine art print. Printed on 310gsm fine art matte paper, for framing your own way. It travels rolled and protected. From 18x24 inch.
Sizes
16x16 inch, 20x20 inch. Framed sizes are measured on the outside of the frame, so the visible painting is a little smaller.
On your wall
Its square shape suits a living room, a study or a creative space. The blues, reds and whites look bold with white, navy and black, and a black or white frame suits it.
About the painting
Improvisation No. 30 (Cannons) by Wassily Kandinsky
Munich, 1913
Between 1910 and 1914 Wassily Kandinsky painted Improvisations: pictures he described as spontaneous, unconscious expressions. In his book On the Spiritual in Art he had compared painting to music, two ways of making art without copying the world.
War talk
In 1913 all of Europe was talking about war, and two cannons slipped into this swirl of colour, at the bottom right. Kandinsky wrote to his Chicago friend Arthur Jerome Eddy that the cannons could probably be explained by the war talk. The true contents, he said, were what the viewer felt.
To Chicago
Eddy probably bought it straight from the artist. In 1931 his widow and son gave it to the Art Institute of Chicago.
Read the story
In 1913, everyone in Europe was talking about war. And two cannons slipped into this painting.
Wassily Kandinsky was living in Munich. In his book On the Spiritual in Art, he had compared painting to music: both could move us without copying anything in the world.
Between 1910 and 1914 he painted what he called Improvisations: quick, spontaneous, unconscious pictures.
This is the thirtieth. Blues, reds and whites swirl and crash together.
And at the bottom right, two small dark cannons.
Kandinsky wrote about them to a friend in Chicago, the collector Arthur Jerome Eddy.
The cannons, he said, could probably be explained by the constant war talk going on through the year.
But the true contents, he wrote, were what the viewer felt, standing in front of the colours and forms.
Eddy probably bought it from the artist. In 1931 his widow and son gave it to the Art Institute of Chicago, which still owns it.
Find the cannons, then let the colour take over.
Improvisation No. 30, Cannons. Wassily Kandinsky, 1913.
How each piece is brought to life
Faithful to the original, and made to be felt on your wall.
Graded against the original
We compare every work with the original as we grade it, keeping the artist’s colours true while bringing back their depth and glow. Every mark stays the artist’s own.
Printed for you
Printed to order on cotton canvas or fine art paper, then framed if you chose a frame, in 1 to 3 business days.
On your wall
It arrives 5 to 12 business days later, tracked and free anywhere in the US. Framed pieces come ready to hang.
Questions
Is this the original painting?
No. The original hangs in a museum. What you receive is a fine art reproduction, remastered from the original and printed for you, with every mark where the artist left it.
Will the colour look flat?
This is where most reproductions disappoint, and it is where we spend the most time. Each work is graded side by side with the original: faithful to the artist’s colours, with the depth and warmth brought back, so it moves you on the wall the way it was meant to. Canvas reads a touch softer than a backlit screen, and every screen shows colour a little differently.
Will the edges be cropped?
Each size is a standard frame size, so we fit the painting by trimming a little from its edges. We never stretch or squash it, and we check every size by eye so no face, figure or signature is cut. On canvas the edges are mirror-wrapped, which keeps the whole picture on the front.
Which size is right for my wall?
Aim for about two-thirds the width of the furniture beneath it. Over a sofa or a sideboard, one of the two largest sizes will hold the wall. The size guide lists every size in inches and centimetres, with the kind of wall each one suits.
How long does it take?
Your piece is printed in 1–3 business days, then spends 5–12 business days in transit, tracked all the way. Delivery is free anywhere in the US. We are unable to deliver to PO boxes.
What if it arrives damaged?
Send us a photograph and we will remake it and send it again. There is nothing to return.
Can I return it?
Yes, within 30 days of delivery. Our returns policy has the details.
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Printed to order
Graded against the original, then printed for you on cotton canvas or fine art paper in 1–3 business days.
The whole painting
Every mark is the artist’s own, and canvas edges are mirror-wrapped so the whole picture stays on the front.
Free US shipping
On every order, tracked, 5–12 business days in transit.
30-day returns
Returns and exchanges within 30 days of delivery.
