Wassily Kandinsky Paintings in Paris — Where to See Them

Wassily Kandinsky had an intermittent but important relationship with Paris. He first spent time in Paris in 1906–1907 with Gabriele Münter, attending the Salon d'Automne and Salon des Indépendants and absorbing Fauvist and Post‑Impressionist painting, events that influenced his move toward abstraction ¹². Kandinsky’s works were shown in Parisian galleries and salons as early as March 1906 (Galerie Druet and other venues) and appear in contemporary Paris exhibition records for 1906–1914. These early Paris encounters fed into the Munich‑based Der Blaue Reiter activities (1911–1914) but did not yet make Paris his home ²³. Kandinsky permanently relocated to the Paris area in 1933 after leaving Germany; he lived and worked in Neuilly‑sur‑Seine and participated in Paris exhibitions during the 1930s and early 1940s, becoming a French citizen in 1939 ⁴⁵. Key Paris moments therefore include his 1906–07 formative visits (salons and Galerie Druet listings), later 1930s Paris exhibitions, and his final studio years near Paris (1933–1944) when several major works entered French collections. These Paris episodes bookend critical shifts—from youthful encounters with avant‑garde painting to his final international recognition and French citizenship. ¹²³⁴⁵