Throughout his life, Kandinsky experienced colors as sounds, and sounds as colors-and bold, groundbreaking works burst forth from his noisy paint box.īackmatter includes four paintings by Kandinsky, an author’s note, sources, links to websites on synesthesia and abstract art. Throughout his life, Kandinsky experienced colors as sounds, and sounds as colors - and bold, groundbreaking works burst forth from his noisy paint box. In this exuberant celebration of creativity, Barb Rosenstock and Mary GrandPré tell the fascinating story of Vasily Kandinsky, one of the very first painters of abstract art. In this exuberant celebration of creativity, Barb Rosenstock and Mary GrandPre tell the fascinating story of Vasily Kandinsky, one of the very first painters of abstract art.

But was Vasya brave enough to put aside his proper still lifes and portraits and paint. And when his family sent him to art classes, they expected him to paint pretty houses and flowers-like a proper artist.īut as Vasya opened his paint box and began mixing the reds, the yellows, the blues, he heard a strange sound-the swirling colors trilled like an orchestra tuning up for a symphony! And as he grew older, he continued to hear brilliant colors singing and see vibrant sounds dancing. This impressive biography of Vasily Kandinsky highlights the unusual connection between his art and the music that inspired it. The Noisy Paint Box: The Colors and Sounds of Kandinskys Abstract Art By Barb. The Noisy Paint Box is a children's picture book written by Barb Rosenstock and illustrated by Mary GrandPr.

Vasya Kandinsky was a proper little boy: he studied math and history, he practiced the piano, he sat up straight and was perfectly polite. Save 20 off the retail price of all books with code BLOOM (Online Only).

The noisy paint box book