Wassily Kandinsky [Murnau with Rainbow] 1909

◧ Artist: Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944)
◧ Country: Russia
◧ Title: [Murnau with Rainbow]
◧ Medium: Oil painting on cardboard
◧ Painting Size: 33 x 43 cm (13" x 16.9")

◧ Museum: Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany

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◧ Country of Stamp Issue: Germany
◧ Date of Issue: June 11, 1992
◧ Face Value: 170 German Pfennig
◧ Issued as a part of "German Paintings of the 20th Century" series

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Kandinsky’s vantage points for many of his Murnau paintings can still be seen today. Little has changed in this small Bavarian town nestling at the foot of the Alps since its beauty first attracted Kandinsky, Gabriele Münter, Alexej von Jawlensky and Marianne von Werefkin in the summers immediately before the First World War.

Here are other paintings done in the town of Murnau;