He is her teacher, she his pupil: at the beginning of the 20th century, the young Gabriele Münter and Wassily Kandinsky meet in Munich. She becomes his lover, his companion, his muse, she is at his side when he founds the artists' association "Der Blaue Reiter" together with Franz Marc in 1911. She stayed with him for fifteen years - against the will of her family, who did not approve of her living with the married artist. During the First World War, Kandinsky returns to Russia - and marries someone else there. It will take a long time for Gabriele Münter to get over this. It was not until 1927 that she was able to paint properly again. A fascinating biography, the portrait of a woman caught between self-realisation and convention.
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Music: L.E.V. Thoinet Arbeau, Cassendre, The Broadside Band, Thoinet Arbeau, Cassandra, Pinagay, Charlotte.
Pictures:
W. Kandinsky: G. Munter painting, 1909
G. Münter: Kandinsky painting landscape, 1903
Jawlensky und Werefkin, 1909
W. Kandinsky: Gabriele Münter painting outdoors in front of an easel, 1910
G. Münter: The House of the Russians, 1931
Interior, 1909
W. Kandinsky: My dining room, 1909
G. Münter: The man at the table, 1911
W. Kandinsky: View from the window of the Griesbräu, 1908
Murnau, Landscape with Church
Study of landscape with tree trunk, 1908
G. Münter: Landscape study Murnau, 1909
Old school Murnau, 1912 (View of Murnau)
Staffelsee lake, 1908
Boat trip with Kandinsky, 1909
View of Murnau Moor, 1908
Dusk, 1908
W. Kandinsky: Dark lake, 1901
Landscape at Murnau, 1908
Houses on a hill, 1909
Autumn landscape with tree, 1910
G. Münter: The yellow house, 1909
Murnau in the snow, 1954
House in the winter sun, 1909
W. Kandinsky: Winter landscape with church 1911
Path and Houses, 1909
Landscape with locomotive, 1909
Study for Murnau with church, 1910
G. Münter: Mountain landscape with house, 1910
Landscape 1910
Farmer's wife with child, 1909
Jawlensky und Werefkin, 1909 (detail)
From Kandinsky painted objects in the 'Münterhouse' or "Russianhouse"