Kandinsky Exhibition Elation and Music - Japanese Guide, Nobuko Matsuda

Japanese tour guide, Ms Nobuko Matsuda told us about Kandinsky's life, art and how to enjoy his work

Nobuko Matsuda Japanese guide for AGNSW

Kandinsky with his painting 'Dominant curve (Courbe dominante)', Paris 1936, photo: Boris Lipnitzki © Boris Lipnitzki / Roger-Viollet Credit: Boris Lipnitzki/(c) Boris Lipnitzki / Roger-Viollet

Vasily Kandinsky 'Blue mountain' 1908–09, oil on canvas, 107.3 x 97.6 cm, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Founding Collection, by gift, photo courtesy Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation Credit: Allison Chipak/Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York Solomon R. Guggenheim Founding Collection

Vasily Kandinsky 'Around the circle' May–August 1940, oil and enamel on canvas, 97.2 x 146.4 cm, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Founding Collection, photo courtesy Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation Credit: Allison Chipak/Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York Solomon R. Guggenheim Founding Collection

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