A little known fact, Wassily Kandinsky grew very resentful and angry towards the end of his life in the early 1940’s. He felt as though he was not properly appreciated for his contribution to the art world, and that the fame and popularity of other artists ( read: hacks) like Picasso and Pollack was unwarranted. He undertook a project where he would create his masterpiece in the style of those contemporary artists to show everyone how easy it was to create. It’s a diptych ( or could hand separately) and called Pablo Pollack. Unfortunately, Kandinsky died before these almost completed pieces could be shown. Luckily, my grandmothers cousins family lived just outside Paris in Neuilly-sur-Seine and were Kandinsky’s neighbour and good friend. He left the paintings to the family , and as the sole remaining heir on that side of my family, they painting were went to me last month when my great uncle passed away.

43 million each

Wassily Kandinsky

1941

Rolstone, a modernist abstract artist, has been painting since 2009 and taken part in art shows and gallery expositions in Vancouver and Victoria. Although the majority of his paintings are bespoke and created on commission, he enjoys expanding his style creating one-off originals.

Acrylic on canvas