Wassily Kandinsky – Yellow-Red-Blue: When Color Strikes a Chord in the Soul

An icon of abstract art—where color, freed from any subject, sets the soul vibrating. The narration for this episode was produced using artificial intelligence. This podcast is researched, written, and produced by the art-loving team at Storywise Studios. Weimar, spring 1925: The Bauhaus is celebrating its own demise, the students are raffling off their teachers—and in these very weeks, one of those teachers is painting a picture in which colors and shapes themselves are the subject. A look behind this painting reveals why a haystack and a Wagner opera turned a young legal scholar from Moscow into a painter, how Kandinsky came to call the soul a piano, and why we owe the survival of his work to two women. Additional Resources The painting at the museum: Centre Pompidou – Yellow-Red-Blue The artist: Wikipedia – Wassily Kandinsky The book discussed in this episode, in full: Project Gutenberg – Concerning the Spiritual in Art The artists' group: Wikipedia – Der Blaue Reiter The rider on the cover of the almanac: LACMA – Woodcut for the Almanac "The Blue Rider" His widow who kept his work together: Wikipedia – Nina Kandinsky The exhibition in Rome (September 15, 2026 – February 14, 2027): Centre Pompidou – Kandinsky at the Palazzo Bonaparte Contact & Support: If you enjoy the podcast, please consider leaving a review, subscribe and share an episode with a fellow art lover. We truly appreciate it. For questions, feedback, or episode requests, you can reach us at: [email protected]. Business: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.