From his early works in Russia to landscapes he created in Munich during the 1910's, many of his paintings feature a horse-and-rider motif that symbolized his defiance of the conservative aesthetic values of the Neue Kunstlervereinigung (KOONST-ler-vair-AYE-ni-gung). The motif also appeared on the cover of his manifesto, On the Spiritual in Art. For 10 points—name this painter of the Composition and Impression series who 
From his early works in Russia to landscapes he created in Munich during the 1910's, many of his paintings feature a horse-and-rider motif that symbolized his defiance of the conservative aesthetic values of the Neue Kunstlervereinigung (KOONST-ler-vair-AYE-ni-gung). The motif also appeared on the cover of his manifesto, On the Spiritual in Art. For 10 points—name this painter of the Composition and Impression series who joined with Franz Marc to found Der Blau Reiter.
From his early works in Russia to landscapes he created in Munich during the 1910's, many of his paintings feature a horse-and-rider motif that symbolized his defiance of the conservative aesthetic values of the Neue Kunstlervereinigung (KOONST-ler-vair-AYE-ni-gung).
Vassily {Kandinsky}