Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
“Each true painting is poetry. For poetry is not made solely by use of words, but also by colours, organised and composed; consequently, painting is a pictorial poetic creation…” Wassily Kandinsky
‘Le rond rouge’ captures Kandinsky at a moment of artistic renewal — when his mature abstract language expanded in unexpected directions.
Amid his exile in Paris in the 1930s, Kandinsky remained every bit as explorative and inventive; embracing a shift from strict geometry to fluid, biomorphic forms, drawing on biology and the natural world. This work embodies that transformation: a balance of grids, curves, colour and energy — echoing his belief that painting, like poetry, springs from the soul.
A highlight of Christie’s 20th/21st Century: London Evening Sale, Le rond rouge stands as a rare chance to witness the evolution of a master — up close.
📍 20th/21st Century: London Evening Sale | 5 March | London
“Each true painting is poetry. For poetry is not made solely by use of words, but also by colours, organised and composed; consequently, painting is a pictorial poetic creation…” Wassily Kandinsky
‘Le rond rouge’ captures Kandinsky at a moment of artistic renewal — when his mature abstract language expanded in unexpected directions.
Amid his exile in Paris in the 1930s, Kandinsky remained every bit as explorative and inventive; embracing a shift from strict geometry to fluid, biomorphic forms, drawing on biology and the natural world. This work embodies that transformation: a balance of grids, curves, colour and energy — echoing his belief that painting, like poetry, springs from the soul.
A highlight of Christie’s 20th/21st Century: London Evening Sale, Le rond rouge stands as a rare chance to witness the evolution of a master — up close.
📍 20th/21st Century: London Evening Sale | 5 March | London
