Today I am going to tell you about a Russian painter called Wassily Kandinsky. Who, while relatively unknown, changed the way art and design courses were taught in the 20s. These changes made a huge impact on the design world and even now modern art schools teach basic design principles based on his lectures. ABOUT WASSILY KANDINSKY Wassily Kandinsky (Vasiliy Kandinskiy) was born in Moscow in 1866. He spent his childhood in Moscow where he graduated from Grekov Odessa Art school before enrolling at the University of Moscow to study law and economics, where he went on to have a successful career teaching at the University of Dorpat. Later on…