The largest reproduction of Kandinsky
ARTinvestment.RU   23 августа 2008

The area of the Bavarian city Vaylhaym graced the huge reproduction of the painting «Marienplatz Square. Vaylhaym », performed directly on the pavement

Wassily Kandinsky - one of those artists whose work as their residents in several countries. The artist spent childhood and youth in the Russian Empire, was law, but at the age of 29 years decided to abruptly change their lives and moved to Germany. At first he lived in Munich, then in Murnau. He also visited many other German cities and managed to capture their views on his famous paintings.

This year in Murnau celebrate 100 anniversary of the first arrival of the artist and his friends in this Bavarian town. At about this in one of the major museums of the city runs a large-scale exhibition . Other cities where Kandinsky traveled, too, like the variety of activities to honor the «father of abstraction». The most original idea to visit the architect Florian Lehnera (Florian Lechner). He proposed to create a copy of the painting in 1909 «Marienplatz Square. Vaylhaym »on the pavement of the square itself. Living Vaylhayma responded to the initiative with enthusiasm. All July 500 citizens, most of whom were students of art schools, transferring the image from the painting by Kandinsky on the stone slabs. We got a huge reproduction of the size of 2100 square meters. In order to paint 8332 plates were used 39 colors of paint.

The original of this painting was sold last year at Sotheby's auction for 2.2 million pounds (4.3 million dollars). It is due to this sale Lehner drew attention to the picture and turn her idea to create a gigantic reproduction. Inauguration of the «install» was held on 2 August. Admire the painting by Kandinsky at the pavement area Vaylhayma be until October. Especially for the project was built 8-meter high observation tower, from the top of which you can see the area as large as life.

Material prepared Yulia Maksimova

Sources: kandinsky-weilheim . de , german-info.com , artinvestment.ru