It is said that Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky revolutionised art. The inventor of Abstract Art created works which completely left tradition behind and gave modern art a new direction. How revolutionary his ideas and theories were can be proven by a quick look at his biography. Like many other artists of his kind he got in trouble with several political systems. After having worked for the Soviet regime in post-revolutionary Russia, he – with many other intellectuals – had to leave the country when the Communists tightened control to establish their dictatorship. Then, after living in Germany where he had a very creative period at the Bauhaus, he had to…