Design for the Color Woodcut Archer by Wassily Kandinsky, 1910 Size:36x36in (90x90cm) enriched by subtle shades of

enriched by subtle shades of green and blue spilling across the gentle waves and skies

with Speedbird spirit

while a couple of small figures trace the water’s edge

the railway’s publicity department worked with house artists and regional illustrators to produce vivid posters that showcased the reborn French borderlands

from deep cobalt of the water to the misty sky

Design for the Color Woodcut Archer by Wassily Kandinsky, 1910 Size:36x36in (90x90cm) enriched by subtle shades ofDesign for the color woodcut Archer (1910) by Wassily Kandinsky captures a pivotal moment in the artists journey toward abstraction. Created at the dawn of the 1910sjust before the First World War and on the cusp of his groundbreaking theoretical writingsthis lively preparatory design channels Expressionisms emphasis on inner feeling over external reality. Rather than describing a literal scene, Kandinsky organizes the composition with bold lines,