Why a Booktrail?
The amazing true story of a unique Russian painter
The Noisy Paint Box
What you need to know before your trail
The Noisy Paintboxtells the story of Moscow-born Vasily Kandinsky. Bored with his studies of the traditional maths, science and history, it’s not until an aunt gives him a box of paints that the young Kandinsky finds his true passion in life. Kandinsky doesn’t see colours like other children do however – he also hears them – a neurological phenomenon now known as “synesthesia.”
What does this mean and can he become a painter despite his differences?
Travel Guide
The world of Vasily Kandinsky
Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky ( 1866 – 1944) was a Russian painter and art theorist.
The Lenbachhaus Gallery in Munich holds the largest collection of Kandinsky’s paintings in Europe, and the largest collection of paintings from the Blue Rider period in the world.
The State Trekyakov Gallery in Moscow owns the largest collection of Kandinsky paintings in Russia.
The New York Metropolitan Museum of Art has several of Kandinsky’s paintings
The Guggenheim has the honor of owning the world’s largest collection of Kandinsky artwork.
Booktrail Boarding Pass: The Noisy Paint Box
Author/Guide: Barb Rosenstock & Mary GrandPre Destination: Moscow, Munich Departure Time: 1866 – 1944
Back to ResultsWhere Next?
